Yes as a writer i have always done this, i also read books that do not like to get into the thinking of other autors, keep it up the questions

I am reading Judge Dee... ...guilty pleasures here...

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris is awesome.

Sapiens
Stamped From the Beginning, Ibram Kendi
The Sociopath Next Door, Martha Stout
The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally
All For Nothing, Walter Kempowski
Grunt, Mary Roach
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
The Other Einstein, Marie Benedict

Try THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION. Basic premise is that we, as individuals, don't know as much as we think we do; and that, fundamentally, all great human accomplishments are the result of collective, cumulative knowledge. It's not a terribly difficult read, even though written by a couple college profs.

Half way through “A People’s History of the United States”, you’d like it.?

Nothing yet, but those two sound great. I'm definitely putting them on my reading list.

If you want something that is challenging both intellectually and philosophically try Italo Calvino. He's Italian, but writes in English. His books are fiction. I can't find the one I wanted to recommend as a starting point on my bbokshelf. Buts about a traveler to a castle, who enteresins the other guests at dinner with a tarot reading shoeing how all the people's lives at the table ate intertwined, even though none of them had evet met before. Intriguing, we'll written and entertaining.

Or try his " invisible cities". A story about Marco Polo describing to the Great Khan what the cities that the Khan has conquered looked like. Despite the fact that neither Marco or the Khan speak a word of the same language.

I would suggest Chuck Palahniuk, if you've never read him. He is the writer of Fight Club and I would suggest Survivor or Choke. I think he is able to portray a side of humanity that most authors leave alone.

Currently my computer is reading Atheist Universe to me. I do a few chapters of e-pub now and then. I used to read in bed but now all I do is go to sleep if I lay down.

I'm reading The Master and Margarita. It's great fun, supposed to be educational, but I have no idea what it's about.

My perception is that Big Pharma has a stranglehold on the medical profession. If someone is given a fatal diagnosis by their MD and nevertheless gets well with an alternative treatment, that is pronounced "anecdotal evidence" which must be ignored. On the rare occasions when an alternative treatment is proven effective by a double-blinded placebo-controlled medical study, that is just ignored. It's bad for business! Here is a 100% effective preventative for type-2 diabetes, featuring something you might have in your kitchen: [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[care.diabetesjournals.org]

I only read for pleasure, not to do debates or for intellectual pursuits.

I go through several books a week so am constantly rereading my Kindle library. I love Robert A. Heinlein, John Scalzi, Jeannette Walls, Misha Burnett, Margaret Mitchell, James Herriot, J.K. Rowlings, C.S. Lewis (but only his secular novels-especially "Till We Have Faces" ), Mary Renault, Maya Angelou, etc. but sometimes I can't find anything I haven't recently reread.

In desperation, yesterday I bought the inexpensive Kindle "The Covenant: A Novel," by James A. Michener, since it's long enough to last more than a few days (hopefully).

What did you think of Trick or Treatment?