These are normie friendly, not hardcore "it was aliens & Jews" stuff

• Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs - Christopher Dunn (2010)

which I was introduced to by the UnchartedX YouTube Channel

• The Technological Society - Jacques Ellul (1964) - Marxist turned Christian anti-marxist Neo-Luddite

This was the book that the brother of Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber), said was Uncle Ted's bible.

• Christopher Lasch: The Culture of Narcissism (1991)

Foresaw the way society might break social bonds by focussing on narcissistic pursuits. i.e. Instagram / Snap / YT / TikTok etc. before they existed.

• Free Trade Doesn't Work - Ian Fletcher (2011)

https://www.freetradedoesntwork.com/

Where I first encountered anti-globalist views from an economist

• The White Man's Burden - Why The West's Efforts To Aid The Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good - William Easterly (2006) archive.org link

Totally not political or red pill but certainly a great read

• The Worst Journey In The World Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922)

Memoir of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913. It has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning of human suffering under extreme conditions.