Newsmax Rising Bestsellers – Week of Oct. 31, 2022

The Newsmax Rising Bestsellers list will do more than stimulate your mind. These reads may challenge your beliefs, broaden your perspectives, excite your curiosities, or widen your imagination. These books may not necessarily appear on the official New York Times list of bestsellers, but they're the ones our Newsmax audience is reading, talking about, sharing with friends, and buying.

Here are the Newsmax Rising Bestsellers for the week of Oct. 31, 2022:

1. “Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order” by Michael Walsh (Bombardier Books)

The mainstream media considers those who warn about “The Great Reset” as “conspiracy theorists.” But in a collection of essays edited by Michael Walsh, 18 experts describe how the World Economic Forum’s extreme plans are real, happening, and would cause a dangerous transformation of American life. Among others, writers such as Michael Anton explain how “woke capitalism” leads to socialism; Victor Davis Hanson describes how liberal politicians are supporting the "great reset;" and David Goldman explains the impacts of  the "fourth industrial revolution” and how it empowers communist China. The 18 writers detail how the "great reset" will rig the system in favor of the elites, harm the middle class, destroy personal freedom, and concentrate power in the hands of left-wing, unelected bureaucrats. (Nonfiction)

2. “Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World” by Rana Foroohar (Crown)

Economic globalization is fading, while a more recent trend of economic regionalism is arriving. This is the main premise of business columnist Rana Foroohar’s new book. She describes how previous decades saw record outsourcing, companies moving abroad, and how manufacturing was relocated to China and Vietnam partially caused by American trade deals. However, with the pandemic shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) and medicines as well as the impact of the war in Ukraine on agriculture, globalization has started to slow and even reverse. Foroohar explains the shift toward a homegrown economy has been coming for years, but key global events have accelerated the trend. Distrust in institutions, a decline in neoliberalism’s popularity, supply chain disruption and a wave of record-setting innovation all have led to a new reality once deemed improbable: place-based economics. The world is still a huge place, but in terms of economics, businesses are coming home as nearshoring, and regionalism is prioritized anew. This is the story of post-globalization, as economics enters a new era of “Homecoming.” (Nonfiction)

3. “Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath” by Ben Kesling (Harry N. Abrams)

How did the soldiers of Bravo Company survive in Afghanistan’s infamous Arghandab Valley? What happened when traumatized soldiers returned home and struggled to adjust to civilian life? Combat veteran Ben Kesling describes his harrowing time in Afghanistan, including his experiences on and outside the military base, and explains why the war did not conclude when his regiment returned home. With two of his fellow soldiers committing suicide and more than a dozen attempting it after their deployment, Kesling shines a sobering light on the crisis gripping veterans. His new book is a story of not just a war against terrorists, but of a war against veteran depression and suicide. A powerful and riveting read, “Bravo Company” shows how, contrary to conventional wisdom, the hardest fight for the regiment may not have been against Afghan terrorists, but against an equally threatening enemy of trauma for veterans. (Nonfiction)

4. “Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World” by Bob Brier (Oxford University Press)

New secrets are revealed, hidden evidence is brought to light, and the story of the world’s youngest pharaoh becomes even more compelling in Egyptologist Bob Brier’s research on the most famous tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Drawing on decades of study of Tutankhamun, Brier digs deep into new evidence, such as Tut may have been a battle- tested warrior. The book pulls back the curtain on recent CT scans of Tut’s mummy, how his tomb’s discovery influenced Egyptian politics, and the ways the contemporary fascination with “the boy king” has grown over decades. Despite dying thousands of years ago, Brier shows that research into the tomb of King Tut, and the interest surrounding the legendary pharoah, has never been more flourishing. (Nonfiction)

5. “#butGod: The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes In” by Jeremy Freeman (Thomas Nelson)

When Jeremy and Emily Freeman found out their son was clinging to life after a horrific car accident, they were filled with desperation and fear. But through faith in God, believing in His miracles, and through the power of prayer, their son Caleb began to recover in an extraordinary way. Pastor Jeremy Freeman explains how in this compelling account. With powerful excerpts from his wife’s prayer journal, and an in-depth revelation at Caleb’s recovery, the book shows how God can bring hope in the darkest of times, and the ways He listens to the prayers of those struggling. A story of one family’s story from heartbreak to hope, Freeman’s book describes how God is there for those suffering in the worst of times, and gives one the techniques for strength to overcome the odds. (Nonfiction)