Here’s what we are reading (or hope to!) in 2024:
And if you want more book ideas – with some excellent commentary/reviews, please check out Marc C. Baker’s blog “The Baker’s Dozen” on the Emergency Management Network.
Stop the Killing – How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis by Katherine Schweit
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Introduction to Crowd Science by G Keith Still
Hospital Emergency Management – A Bible for Hospital Emergency Managers by Dr. Robert J. Muller
A Code for the Government of Armies in the Field; as authorized by the laws and usages of war on land by Francis Liebe
When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster by Lucy Easthope
Retellable – How Your Essential Stories Unlock Power and Purpose by Jay Golden
The Devil Never Sleeps – Learning to Live in an age of Disasters by Juliette Kayyem
Insider Threats edited by Matthew Bunn and Scott D. Sagan
Leaders Eat Last – Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek
Moment of Truth: The Nature of Catastrophes and how to Prepare for Them by Kelly McKinney
Apocalypse Ready – The Manual of Manuals A Century of Panic Prevention – Taras Young
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