So I'm going to cheat and nominate the book I am currently reading:
Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund. The subtitle for this is:
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The blurb from
Goodreads
Quote:
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.
When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective.
It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.
Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.
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342 pages according to Goodreads, 235 ADE.
My scan of the first page of reviews on Goodreads seems to be reflecting my early impressions: good but not without fault. Lots to talk about in it, and it definitely fits the theme: the book is all about trends and how things really have been getting better by many important measurements. The author is very upbeat, so the cheerful message makes for a pleasant change in these interesting times.
Example prices:
Kobo US $9.99,
Kobo CA $10.99,
Kobo UK £4.99,
Kobo AU $14.99.