Fifteen Books: In no particular order, here are some of my favorite mind benders.

1. Charles E. Lindblom, Inquiry and Change: The Troubled Attempt to Understand and Shape Society

2. Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation

3. Jacques Ellul, The Political Illusion

4. Ralph Borsodi, This Ugly Civilization

5. Larry D. Spence, The Politics Of Social Knowledge

6. Eugene J. Meehan, Reasoned Argument In Social Science

7. Martha Nussbaum, Sex and Social Justice

8. Malcolm Gladwell, Blink

9. W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk

10. Mancur Olson, The Logic Of Collective Action

11. Max Weber, Economy and Society

12. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good And Evil

13. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

14. Malcolm X, Autobiography of Malcolm X

15. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring