Here are the books that have most influenced me:
* Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences (2013)
* Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior by John M. Doris (2005)
* The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer (2001)
* The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities by John J. Mearsheimer (2018)
* The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (1995)
* Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History by Marc B. Shapiro (2015)
* Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised by March B. Shapiro (2003)
* Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 by Marc B. Shapiro (1999)
* The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (1974)
* Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (1946)
* Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia by Rony Guldmann (work in progress)
* Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness by Fred Luskin (2003)
* Twelve-Step Guide to Using The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book: Personal Transformation: The Promise of the Twelve-Step Process by HerbK (2004)
* Men and Marriage by George Gilder (1986)
* Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin (1975)
* Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer (1989)
* Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States by David Hackett Fischer (2012)
* Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe by Hugo Mercier (2020)
* The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul (2021)
* The Examined Life: How We Love And Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz (2014)
* Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities by Eric Kaufman (2019)
* The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America by Eric Kaufman (2004)
* 12 Steps to Spiritual Awakening by HerbK (2023)
* Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity by James D. Tabor (2012)
* The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation by Philip Shenon (2009)
* Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love by Rachel Heller and Amir Levine (2012)
* Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love By Sue Johnson (2013)
* The Father Factor: How Your Father’s Legacy Impacts Your Career by Stephan B. Poulter (2006)
* The Mother Factor: How Your Mother’s Emotional Legacy Impacts Your Life by Stephan B. Poulter (2008)
* Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations by Gabriella Turnaturi (2007)
* Middlemarch by George Eliot (1871)
* War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
* Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know – and What to Do About Them by Cynthia Shapiro (2005)