Book Highlights 2020

Nonfiction

• Joseph Henrich, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous.

• Anton Howes, Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation.

• Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy.

• Diane Coyle, Markets, State, and People: Economics for Public Policy.

• Jared Rubin, Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not.

• Dietrich Vollrath, Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success.

Fiction

• Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone.