RTE's Book Recommendations

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• The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous is an excellent primer to the economics behind Bitcoin's ascendancy.
  • The Fiat Standard by Ammous seeks to contrast the Bitcoin story.
• The Book of Satoshi by Phil Champagne
• Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain by Andreas Antonopoulos is one of the most popular Bitcoin books, and for good reason.
  • The increasing level of technical detail means much of it is only interesting for those who want to dive into the technology on an active level.
• Mastering the Lightning Network by Antonopoulos and coauthors
• The Basics of Bitcoin and Blockchains by Antony Lewis
• Cryptoeconomics: Fundamental Principles of Bitcoin by Eric Voskuil et al
• Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics by Knut Svanholm and Kalle Rosenbaum
• Thank God for Bitcoin by Jimmy Song and Julia Tourianski
  • A moral and religious case for Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Money by Michael Caras is a children's book
• This Book Will Save You Time by Misir Mahmudov
• The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future by Jimmy Song and a bunch of others
• 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole by Gigi
• The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati and Michael Saylor
• The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg

• Is COVID-19 a Bioweapon? by Dr. Richard Fleming

John Taylor Gatto helped unravel the complex truths behind the sabotage of education by simply doing it right behind the backs of authorities.

• Dumbing Us Down
• Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
• The Underground History of American Education

• The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life by Julie Bogart
• Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

Essentially any book by Martin Gardner is a delight for those who enjoy mathematical explorations.

• A Gardner's Workout: Training the Mind and Entertaining the Spirit by Martin Gardner
• My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles by Martin Gardner
• Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery by Martin Gardner
• Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing by Martin Gardner
• Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles by Martin Gardner

• Relativity Simply Explained by Martin Gardner
• On the Wild Side: The Big Ban by Martin Gardner
• Did Adam and Eve Have Navels: Debunking Pseudoscience by Martin Gardner

• Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie

• One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, VOL.1

• The Hobbit and the Lords of the Rings mass market paperback set by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Hobbit and the Lords of the Rings hardback box set
  • The Hobbit and the Lords of the Rings Single volume special edition

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide Five-Book Trilogy in one volume (it's not as confusing as it sounds).

• Dune by Frank Herbert is the top-selling science fiction novel of all time due to its rich relationships that relate to modern politics and economics.
• The Six-Volume Dune Series by Frank Herbert

A spectacular series by Orson Scott Card of moral and geopolitical adventures seen through the eyes of the world's most brilliant children, used as tools by adults.

• Ender's Game
  • Ender's Game Five-volume series (not including Ender's Shadow)
  • Ender's Shadow four-volume series
  • The First Formic War (prequel) series in the Ender's Game universe