Here is a selection of top ten books for the summer of 2023. Some are new - including Linda Yueh's new book on the Great Crashes. Others stand the test of time. All I feel give context on cause and consequence in our complex fast-changing world.

1. We Need to Talk about Inflation: 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years by Stephen D King
2. The Great Crashes - Linda Yueh
3. Can’t We Just Print More Money?: Economics in Ten Simple Questions - Patel and Meaning
4. Extreme Economies - Richard Davies
5. Follow the Money - Paul Johnson
6. Good Economics for Hard Times - Duflo and Banerjee
7. The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation - James Bessen
8. Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together - Goldin and Lee-Devlin
9. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World Peter Frankopan
   
10. The Tim Harford Collection Set