Suggested reads on economics?

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If I wanted to learn about the fundamentals of economics what books would you suggest I read?


 
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Like, a textbook? Or a non-fiction book of some sort?


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Like, a textbook? Or a non-fiction book of some sort?

Any good books that you would suggest. They could be historical books such as some of Adam Smith's work, non-fiction books, textbooks, allegorical novels or anything else in between.
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Adam Smith
Ludwig von Mises
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Everything I know about economics is self-taught via reading, so I'll just drop the most useful books I own:

Economics for Dummies.
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by J.M. Keynes (really heavy going).
The Failure of New Economics: An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies by Henry Hazlitt.
Austrian Economics: A Primer by Eamonn Butler.
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman.
Free to Choose, ibid.
The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan.
Boom and Bust Banking: the Causes and Cures of the Great Recession by David Beckworth.
House of Debt: how They (and You) Caused the Great Recession by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi.

I don't agree with the conclusions of every book, but these are very good are introducing you to economics generally and then specific schools within economics.