Thinking Fast and Slow

Just finished "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. He won a Nobel prize in economics, but is a research psychologist. His contribution was in showing that some of the assumptions about the ECONs who populate economic theories are incorrect. They do not behave like human beings do. Lots of interesting details about research into how we really make decisions. Anyone could benefit from reading this one.

List of some favorite fiction

I read fiction as well as science and philosophy. Here are some favorite authors and works

Patrick O'Brien - The Aubrey-Maturin series - all-time favorite historical fiction, very well written, wonderful characters, closely adheres to the Napoleonic wars engagements and the tenor of the times.

C.S. Forrestor - all the Horatio Hornblower novels, and several of his other books, from my teen years.

Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, reaMdE, The baroque cycle.  Excellent writer of cyberpunk novels, with historical twists. Hard to describe, but very entertaining.

David Weber's military science fiction

Mysteries by Minette Walters, CJ Box, Louise Penney, Lee Child and several others