18 Books to Raise Your IQ This Summer
Friday, July 13, 2018
Looking for a smart summer read? We’ve got you covered.
Breeze through our summer reading list and check out some of the great books we’ve read over the past year -- the ones that helped shape and inform our debates. Whether you’re looking to learn more about big tech, digital dating, history, or how to make the most out of being bored at the beach, we’ve got a book for you. Written by IQ2 debaters, these books are sure to make you think twice.
1. The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
by Max Boot
2. Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth—and How to Fix It
by Dambisa Moyo
3. The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk
4. World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
5. The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
6. Love Illuminated: Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers)
by Daniel Jones
7. Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism
by Ian Bremmer
8. Prescription for the Future: The Twelve Transformational Practices of Highly Effective Medical Organizations
9. Let the Students Speak!: A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
10. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
by Eric A. Posner & E. Glen Weyl
11. Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony
by Kori Schake
12. How to Fix the Future
by Andrew Keen
13. Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
by Joe Nocera
14. Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News
by Jeff Jarvis
15. Muted Modernists: The Struggle over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia
16. Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age
17. Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
18. Without You, There is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim
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