1) Alan Wooldridge: The Aristocracy of Talent. How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
2) Richard Eaton: India in the Persianate Age : 1000-1765
3) Ronan Farrow: War on Peace. The End of Diplomacy
4) Anne Applebaum: Twilight on Democracy. The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
5) Joseph Henrich: The Weirdest People in the World. How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous