I had never read a Sowell book, just excerpts, but I've been listening to his Basic Economics, 4th Ed. And he reads it himself. It's a little dry but so well done. It's also remarkable that he recongizes Marx and Engel for all their failings, we're very good at understanding economics actually, and that part ignored by many leaders. Not saying Real Marxism works, but there was proper theory in some parts.

Correction: Is read by Tom Weiner, still very good..