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Editors’ Picks: Notable Books of 2019, recommended by Cal Flyn

Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn reflects on a year of spectacularly rich literary output, highlighting notable new books from Mary Gaitskill and Robert Macfarlane, as well as sparkling debuts that mark the arrival of exciting new literary voices in 2019.

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Ancap/Bitcoin/Austrian Economics, recommended by LowTimeHodler

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
by Saifedean Ammous

A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
by Murray N. Rothbard

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
by Henry Hazlitt

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
by Ludwig Von Mises

The Best Books on Depression, recommended by Istvan Hasulyo

Getting out of Depression and Leading a Healthy and Happy Life
by Dreamer Thinkerman

Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival
by M.J. Fievre

Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: The Definitive Survival and Recovery Approach
by Sonya Watson

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD)
by Mark Williams

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition
by Zindel V. Segal

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