In what is arguably the government’s most well known “secret”, this weeks book is Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen.

Continuing with government shenanigans, this weeks book is Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb.

This month, we’re looking at some of the hinky things our government has gotten up to, starting with Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill.

As usual, we end our month with a book about a president, making this weeks book Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive by Burton I. Kaufman.

What about criminals who have entered the vernacular as American Folk Heroes. Were they really heroes? Or degenerate killers? This weeks book, Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn will provide insight into that question.

Is homicide ever justified? Let’s find out as we read another autobiographical piece, Why Gary Why? by Jody Plauche.

This autobiographical piece, Waiting to Be Heard, was written by Amanda Knox following her release after her own Kafkaesque trial.

In March we’re looking at crime, specifically murder, starting with this dystopian fiction piece by Franz Kafka, The Trial.

Continuing our learning about the president’s, this weeks book is about our 43rd president, George H Bush, making this weeks book Bush by Jean Edward Smith.

This week we take a look at women from the poorest of circumstances, who fought back to change their circumstances, with Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands by Hussain S. Zaidi.

Modern warriors who are fighting for women’s rights are explored in this weeks book, The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht edited by Karen Jones

This month, I’m looking at women who fought back, starting with Juanita Broadrick’s book You’d Better Put Some Ice on That.

The last Sunday means it’s time for the next president, making this weeks book The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House John F. Harris

Let’s shake off whatever darkness came from the prior books with this week’s book, Human Mind Owner's Manual by Sean Webb.

Next, what’s going wrong with therapy and how is it actually HURTING the next generation? Lets take a look at Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier.

Let’s take a look this month at some psychology, starting with Jordan Peterson’s latest book, We Who Wrestle With God.

The final book of the year and the last president of 2024 is George H W Bush, making this weeks book Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham.

Where did it all go wrong? Let’s see if we can find that answer with this weeks book, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey.

This topic has been touched on a bit in past books I’ve read, but this weeks book explores more fully how ancient man may have found the Gods, making this weeks book Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences by William Richards.

This weeks book explores the earliest known art work, cave art found around the world, with The Mind in the Cave by David Lewis-Williams.

Five Sunday’s this month, so I’m starting with fiction, and since this month I’m reading books on spiritualism and religion, I thought I’d read a book that might include both, by an outstanding historical fiction author, making this weeks book Stonehenge: 2,000 B.C. by Bernard Cornwall.

This month’s president is Ronald Reagan, making this weeks book Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands

Rounding out my light reading month, this weeks book is The Law by Frederic Bastiat

Next up on my small book list is No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner.

I’m doing a mix of political/economic theory and taking it easy, which basically just means I picked really short books leading up to the holiday season, starting with Chaos Theory, by Robert Murphy.

This months president is Jimmy Carter, making this weeks book Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency by Peter G. Bourne.

Ending my spooky fun time reading, this weeks book is Haunted Virginia City by Janice Oberding.

Continuing my Halloween theme, this weeks book is Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton.

Coming up on Halloween, I start reading some fun spooky books, and I’m starting off with The Art of the Grimoire by Owen Davies.