The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (Hardcover)

The original no-nonsense guide to getting and keeping power, written by a Florentine diplomat who'd seen it all. Is it better to be loved or feared? Machiavelli gives an answer people have argued about for 500 years.

Read it if: you want to see power described as it is, not as it should be.

First Shelf — short and gripping. Finish it this weekend.