Battle of the texts: which books changed the world?

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host Rosie Blau,

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  and today we're discussing my very favorite thing: books.

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  Every Christmas we ask our correspondents to talk about books that fit a particular theme.

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  Last year we talked about books that predict the future,

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  and this year we thought we're going to go one bigger.

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  We want to talk about books that have changed the world.

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  To help me leaf through the pages,

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  I'm joined in the studio by Catherine Nixey,

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  who wrote A Darkening Age and is our culture correspondent

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  and also writes for the Britain section.

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  Hi Catherine.

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  Hi Rosie.

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  And I'm also joined by Oliver Morton,

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  who wrote The Moon: A History for the Future,

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  and is also a senior editor at The Economist.

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  Nice to have you, Ollie.

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  Nice to be here, Rosie.

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  Catherine, Ollie, my first question is: can a book change the world?

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