toping the list, neil degrasse tyson book. then jd vance recalls this childhood in a rust belt town in ohio. followed by al franken's autobiography giant of the senate. fourth on the list and newt gingrich's "understanding trump" followed by comedian kevin heart's memoir "i can't make this up" we continue with a collection from the diary of humorous david sudarius in theft by finding. next, facebook ceo cheryl sandburg and psychologist adam grant give advice in "option b". bill o'rielly explores the truth behind larger than life characters in "legends and life"

followed by a book about a murder spree in 1920s oklahoma that targeted the osage indians. and wrapping up the best selling non fiction books is "way 1968 "which recounts the battle that changed the american approach to the war in vietnam. many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what nay are reading this summer: >> i intend to read different books. i love reading history about our presidents. the library of congress has a theme where every so often they will bring in the author of a book on one of the presidents. the last one we had last week happened to be on andrew jackson. so they give you books.

there is a book signed by the author and love reading those. we have had different ones from lbj to recently andrew jackson. one of the books i want to read now is one called the geography of jen -- genius. why do you have silicone valley and acceptbrated by thousands of miles and years apart? what is it you had this innovation, creativity in athens many years ago and now you look at silicone valley also and you have this innovation creativity so it looks into what happens? what is the catalyst in certain areas. it is not only athens, silicone valley, but you have different places across time in different

cities and continents and that is what is interesting to me. >> your main focus is on reading history book? or do you have any other interests when you read? >> i love history. i love also self-improvement. but i have to say i am a science fiction fan from reading "the princess to mars" many years ago to reading the book and i think they turned it into movies. john carter from star trek and the other science fiction. i love history. i know that back in high school and back even in college some of my classmates didn't like history but it was important to me. if you look at it, the whole has been reinvented. it is all a matter of rearranging things. if you look at discoveries and a

lot of things it is all a matter of rearranging things. if you look at history, there is a lot of ideas you can look now and create a new niche, come up with a new idea, and therefore you sparked a new innovation or creativity or whatever the area might be. >> and just finally congressman, what are some tools you are using so that you can add reading into your schedule? what are innovations you are using? >> i love the ipad and in the ipad there is different apps. i look at what is out there and one is called blank list which is map that gives you summaries of books and you can take the option of reading or do it by audio. if you are interested in looking at the whole book, you buy the book itself. but it will give you a snap shot and the key message what is the take away from this book. the other one is called curious

also where you get an e-mail every day and it has different things from humanities, to science, to music whatever the area might be in. every day it will give you something in one of those areas. those are the ways you have got to keep your mind active especially somebody like myself where i have to go from, you know, foreign affairs to appropriation to mainly issues. when you get on the airplane, fly from loredo to houston to washington you spend a lot of time on the plane and this is where you use some of those apps to make sure you keep your mind active but at the same time you are constantly learning. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter at booktv or instagram at book underscore tv or post it to our facebook page,

facebook.com/booktv. booktv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> a look at books being published this week. bill nye discusses how to develop critical thinking to create change in everything all at once. pulitzer prize winner jessie esinger reports on how the justice department handles white coller crimes. george malone recounts the growth of "the wall street journal" opinion page in free people, free market. pulitzer prize finalists explores her family's extile and journey as refuges in among the living and the dead. also this week, israeli journalist looks at the life and influence of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the program director for the hague center for strategic studies reports on how the

internet is being used as a medium for warfare in the darkening web. and georgetown university law professor and formal federal prosecutor paul butler examines the policing of black men in his new book "chokehold". look for the upcoming titles in book stores and watch for the authors on booktv. >> booktv visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer: >> i am in the middle of reading testimony by scott toroe which is a suspense book that is too close to reality as it talks about the struggles of human rights violations against the burma population. i am about one third through and i cannot wait to get home to finish it. >> one last question senator cardin. what does it take to get you

interested in a book? how do you find time? what types of book catch your attention? >> two types. one is about historic figures and the other is suspense fiction that takes me as far away from the realities of washington. it is an escape and enjoyment and i try to do it as often as i can. >> send us your summer reading list via twitter, at booktv. or instagram or our facebook page. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

>> up next on afterwards, brian merchant talks about "the one device." he is interviewed by steve lohr. >> brian, i read your book in a fascinating way. it is two creation stories. one is the apple team, the turmoil they went to to what ends up as the creation of the iphone in 2007. the other is the history of the creation of each one of the technologies and those two stories are knitted together. why did you take that approach? just take us back to the start of the book project itself. >> yeah, well, so the idea for the book really kind of began with the stark realization of