If you've never studied socialism, Blackshirts and Reds is a fantastic intro to the USSR. Better yet, just listening to the author's 1986 Lecture is phenomenal.
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I feel like everyone could read/listen to "Man's Search for Meaning" by Frankl
I have a big list, I'll send it. One would be
Martin Rees - Just Six Numbers
Dan Dennett - kinds of minds
Steven pinker - how the mind works
Aldous Huxley - The doors of perception
Brian Greene - The fabric of the cosmos
Richard Feynman - surely you're joking Mr Feynman
Carl Sagan - pale blue dot
demon haunted world Sagan and sapiens yuval hararri
Pema Chodron's Welcoming the Unwelcomed is good. So is nonviolent communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson