BOOKS

At the Trough - Laurent Carbonneau

Laurent Carbonneau

At The Trough continues my curiosity at Canadian focused looks at the economy, and ties in with Corporate Control from a few weeks back. Here Laurent Carbonneau looks at the Canadian corporate welfar

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada corporate welfare Economics
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Among the Burning Flowers - Samantha Shannon

Samantha Shannon

This is the prequel to both A Day of Fallen Night and Priory of the Orange Tree and while the story is good, I'd say it's only worth reading if you've read both the other books and want to dig more i

MAYBE FICTION Fantasy
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Autocracy Inc - Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum

This is November 2025's book club book. Applebaum walks readers through how autocratic states operate, and how they peddle their influence through the world. China subsidizes StarTimes for news

MAYBE NONFICTION Autocracy Capitalism Democracy
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Corporate Control - Nora Loreto

Nora Loreto

Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren't good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada Capitalism Corruption Economics Oligarch
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Enshittificaton - Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

If you've heard Cory Doctorow talk or read his site before none of this is going to be a surprise. He's covered all these bases many times before in blog posts and podcast interviews. I agree with mu

MAYBE NONFICTION Big Tech Regulation
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Rogers v Rogers - Alexandra Posadzki

Alexandra Posadzki

This is a story of one of the biggest telecom companies in Canada, Rogers Communications, and the family behind it. While the subtitle leads you to believe that we're going to hear about the sordid d

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada Oligarch Politics
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The Case Against the Sexual Revolution - Louise Perry

Louise Perry

This is October's book club book. Join the free email list to get all the content. Perry's main argument is that while the sexual revolution liberated women from some of the taboo's of sex outsi

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION feminism Sociology
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Drinking the Ocean - Saad Omar Khan

Saad Omar Khan

Drinking the Ocean follows Murad and Sofi as their lives intertwine, where one loves the other romantically and it's only returned in the type of love that a sibling would receive. We follow this

MAYBE FICTION Adult Fiction
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Artemis - Andy Weir

Andy Weir

In this book we follow Jasmine (Jazz) on the Artemis colony on the Moon. She's a smuggler and generally gets up to shenanigans involving smuggling and in this book some sabotage. While I loved The

MAYBE FICTION Science Fiction
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Never Play it Safe - Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis

This was read for September 2025 book club. Join to get regular posts on books. While part of my is always inspired by these types of books they also seem to be extreme examples of survivorship

MAYBE NONFICTION Productivity Success Time Management
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