Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America READ THIS NOW!
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Quite simply, a masterpiece.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Do we live in Mediocristan or Extremistan?
A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation In-depth view of professional risk management.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk The fascinating history of probability and risk.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Bubbles past. This incredible classic was written in 1841 - a must.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics) A classic that makes it seem too easy.
Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author The classic on resource depletion.
Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum (American Empire Project) Klare's follow-up work, specifically about oil.
Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (Global Century Series) Not as well known as Klare, but more in-depth and great historical analysis.
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process A seminal work in thermoeconomics.
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy Saudi oil. Is it over?
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy An economic interpretation of WWII.
China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America China from the perspective of long-time resident.