Lynn’s book is great but best understood by an academic or at least someone accustomed to dense material. Saif is for the people who like to rant and won’t be bothered to fact check his rants. The best intro to something being wrong with the system and open someone to bitcoin is Jeff Booth’s the Price of Tomorrow. I have heard great things about nostr:npub1tm2048gau5mp8u5kfnxk68y7wzzpv5ggpuluqmhlhrtaldl49kzs7elpna B is for Bitcoin book but have not read it yet.