Which books are you happy to read for the February Book of the Month?

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams 1979 Science Fiction, Comedy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Also the earth is blown up to make way for a hyperspace expressway.

The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the secret struggle for control of the Atomic age, by Alex Wellerstein 2025 Non-fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221452817-the-most-awful-responsibility The conventional narrative is that American leaders had a choice: Invade Japan, which would have cost millions of Allied and Japanese lives, or instead, use the atom bomb in the hope of convincing Japan to surrender. This book is a must-read for all who want to truly understand not only why the bomb was dropped on Japan but also why it has not been used since.

American Serengeti: the last big animals of the great plains, by Dan Flores 2016 Non-fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27799233-american-serengeti America's Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa. Pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears: less than two hundred years ago these creatures existed in such abundance that John James Audubon was moved to write, "it is impossible to describe or even conceive the vast multitudes of these animals."

The Roma: A Traveling History, by Madeleine Potter 2025 Non-Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220217820-the-roma The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history and what it means to be Romani in Europe today. It is a history that is not widely known and understood, and that invisibility has created a space where fear and hostility continue to thrive.

The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler 1939 Hardboiled Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2052.The_Big_Sleep Philip Marlowe, a heavy-drinking, laconic private investigator in Los Angeles, is called to the home of the wealthy and elderly General Sternwood. He wants Marlowe to deal with an attempt by a bookseller named Arthur Geiger to blackmail his wild young daughter, Carmen.

Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History, by Julia R. Azari 2025 Non-Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228632948-backlash-presidents How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo―and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors

On War by Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz, 1832. Military Treatise. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117031.On_War Published a decade after the Napoleonic era, Clausewitz discuss not just strategy, but also how warfare might affect and be affected by politics.

Jews Don't Count, by David Baddiel 2021 Non-Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52710961-jews-don-t-count It's a book on how Jews have been made to just not count at all in progressive circles.

Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science, by Aubrey Clayton 2022 Nonfiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55825328-bernoulli-s-fallacy It's basically a non-textbook (actually readable) version of the last BotM. Super interesting history of statistics and how political its development was. Describes how intertwined eugenics was in this process and the ramifications on modern science

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 Fantasy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit_or_There_and_Back_Again In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John le Carré 1963 Spy Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19494.The_Spy_Who_Came_In_from_the_Cold When the last agent under his command is killed and Alec Leamas is called back to London, he hopes to come in from the cold for good. His spymaster, Control, however, has other plans.

On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World, by Kevin Rudd 2024 Non-Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207821447-on-xi-jinping In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage--that of President Xi Jinping, who now hold near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for-life. Rudd argues that Xi's worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of Chinese policy and behaviour.

Which books are you happy to read for the February Book of the Month?

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