FiveBooks

This post is a sort of follow up to the previous one. Just like with BigThink, the idea behind FiveBooks is to have experts/specialists talk about (you know it!) books that for whatever reason they think are relevant and worth reading. All the different recommendations are neatly organized in two broad categories, "sections" and "regions" that include nine and ten subjects, respectively. The beauty of FiveBooks is its unique capacity to bring together past and present, using timely book recommendations to shed light on current affairs. Although most of FiveBooks’ content is fairly wonkish, it aims to please a wide range of tastes (“From Einstein to Keynes, Iraq to the Andes, Communism to Empire”).