<p>Looking for reading suggestions for a rising college junior whose favorite book is Freakonomics. Recommendations of really recent books especially welcome, as he has read quite a few others already.</p>
<p>Tipping Point.
Millionaire Next Door, the Millionaires Mind–not new but still very relevant…My kids just finished them and got a lot out of them.
Leil Lowndes–How To Talk To Anyone–92 Tricks (older but SUPER)–bought myself another copy after giving one to my kid just this past weekend. She’s written a ton of books but this early book is one of the best. Like Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends” but much more practical and updated.
Wealth 101-- old again–how to determine what you really want out of life. Easy reading with a lot of good practical advice. Actually has steps on how to decide what you want in life. I re-read it every few years.</p>
<p>If it’s the stories he likes as opposed to the economics he might like Oliver Sacks. Short easy bites, fascinating stuff about how our brain works. The Man who mistook his Wife for a Hat is the first collection. (Well actually the first one I read.)</p>
<p>Thinking, Fast and Slow by Kahneman</p>
<p>Reminded me greatly of Freakonomics.</p>
<p>BTW, there’s also SuperFreakonomics, and they just came out with a new one called Think Like a Freak.</p>
<p>Also, I much preferred Gladwell’s Outliers to The Tipping Point.{/u]</p>
<p>Do you want books about money or just good non-fiction? I just finished Earthquake Storms (a history of the San Andreas Fault) and loved it. But any of Michael Lewis’s books are good if you want books about money–I also just finished Flash Boys.</p>
<p>I really like Po Bronson’s books. “Nurture Shock,” which he wrote with Ashley Merryman is very good. And “Nudist on the Late Shift” is an oldie but goodie. “What Should I do with my Life” is another one. He and Ashley Merryman have a new one out, “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing” that I haven’t read yet, but I probably will soon. </p>
<p>Another nonfiction book that I liked a lot was “Kluge” by Gary Marcus. </p>
<p>My husband has been trying to get me to read *Thinking, Fast and Slow * - so a second recommendation for it!</p>