I spoke with the brilliant David Huber of the Interstitial podcast, which you can listen to here:
https://thinkbelt.org/shows/interstitial/sinews-of-war-and-trade-laleh-khalili
He asked me to suggest 4 books and I had to think on my feet, so of course I suggested the following: 2 novels and 2 brilliant books that have shaped all my thinking!
The Gamming 