I've been finishing about one book per week every week for the last 3 years. It's probably my favorite hobby. I read mostly non-fiction and take lots of notes.

While these 10 books aren't about current events (most of them are pretty old) they all deeply apply to what's happening now. I've read a lot of good stuff and a lot of crap, but these 10 are the best time investments I've made when it comes to reading. I think they're very important and relevant.

The books by topic:

Political Psychology

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind By Gustave Le Bon

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer

Thought Reform And The Psychology Of Totalism by Robert Jay Lifton

Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building; Selected Papers

History & Culture

The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C. S. Lewis

The Pagan Temptation by Thomas Molnar

Political Philosophy

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy by Carl Schmitt

Fascism Viewed from the Right by Julius Evola

King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World by Gai Eaton