Books by Steve Coll

2. Steve Coll, Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power .  It’s OK enough, and certainly informative, but I found it a little boring.  Somehow the organizing principles behind the material needed to be stronger.

4. Steve Coll, The Bin Ladens: A Saudi Family in the American Century .  So far it’s great.  I know you’re sick of reading about Bin Laden; just think of it as a (partial) history of the Saudis.