The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

Gold and Iron by Fritz Stern

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

An Autobiography by RG Collingwood

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien

A Tract on Monetary Reform by John Maynard Keynes

“At first sight, Don’t Be Evil looks like it’s doing for Google what muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell did for Standard Oil over a century ago. But this whip-smart, highly readable book’s scope turns out to be much broader. Worried about the monopolistic tendencies of big tech? The addictive apps on your iPhone? The role Facebook played in Donald Trump’s election? Foroohar will leave you even more worried, but a lot better informed.”—Niall Ferguson

Don't Be Evil by Rana Foroohar

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

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James N. Mattis (general)

Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel)

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About:

• Niall Campbell Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian who works as a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Previously, he was a professor at Harvard University and New York University, was also a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and a visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities. Wikipedia
• Influences: Norman Stone, A. J. P. Taylor, Kenneth Clark, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, David Landes

Sources:

• ​https://theweek.com/articles/510693/best-books--chosen-by-niall-ferguson
• https://fivebooks.com/best-books/niall-ferguson-on-intellectual-influences/

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