Good Econ book recommendations for a first year college student?

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I am an econ major and just finished my first year of college. I have taken a few calc courses, an intro micro course, an intro macro course, and a few accounting courses. I am interested in doing some econ reading this summer to prepare for the "upper division" econ courses that lay ahead. I don't want something too difficult and full of complex calculus but a book that will improve my understanding of econ in general. My first choice is a book that is more macro-oriented but a book dealing with microeconomic principles would be good too.

Cheers, Mista
I don't really want a textbook rec.....read too many of those this year in school..
 
Microeconomic principles: Read 'The Economic Naturalist' by Robert H. Frank.

It's by an American professor of a University... I can't remember the name!
He asked his students to find a question in society, something that puzzled them, and he wanted them to find an answer using Microeconomics principles.

It's a good read, very interesting and it's not particularly difficult. It's written by college-aged students, as well, so it's not as though an academic is reciting out of a textbook.
And it's not dry reading, either.
I definitely enjoyed it.
 
I'd say Keynes' General Theory would be a good one to start with. But it is a lot to get your head around.

Freakonomics, by Dubner and Levitt, provides an interesting, useful and heavily applied take on economic analysis. I'd recommend it to anyone, not just economics students. It's a very well known book and quite an easy read.

If you're interested in the finance side of things, A random walk down wall street, by Malkiel, is a good read. It's also quite easy.
 
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