A sample of books I have read somewhat recently (and in no particular order):

On China by Henry Kissinger
Revolutionary Iran by Michael Axworthy
A History of the Middle East by Peter Mansfield and Nicolas Pelham
Incarnations by Sunil Khilnani
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed or Fail by Ray Dalio
Bhagavad Gita by Hari Chetan
A Journey by Tony Blair
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza
Economics: The User's Guide by Ha-Joon Chang
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb