[Lunch_Box]

I am considering one of the two at university levels and I have just finished my GCSEs and so will study both at A-level.

I want an early start so I will take suggestions of any books related to both courses that you recommend.

I will most likely pick a book from the reading list supplied by Cambridge:
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/prospect/ba/list.html
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about/natscitri...s/reading.html

But I am only willing to read, say, around 3 books overall.

Thanks in advance for all your recommendations!

[Brevity]

(Original post by Lunch_Box)
But I am only willing to read, say, around 3 books overall.

Your enthusiasm suggests that Cambridge will welcome you with open arms.

[Irrelevance]

For chemistry, your time would be better suited to looking into which particular field suits you the most. Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Analytical, Environmental etc. There's a lot of different fields and you want to choose your field early so you can get a head start with career-wise. The same goes with economics although I'm not familiar with it so can't suggest what areas to look at.

Reading books is great, knowing what you want to do is much more useful.

[Lunch_Box]

(Original post by Brevity)
Your enthusiasm suggests that Cambridge will welcome you with open arms.

I don't know if that was sarcastic or not, but I meant over the summer. I am going to read the textbooks for all 4 A levels I am taking. This is just for further study for when I am on the plane.

[lettucesoap]

For economics, try Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner, or maybe one of those A Short Introduction books for economics, international relations, global economic history (http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/nav/p/cat...Ascend&nType=2). They will cover some of your A level course on economics and go into depth about economic theory. The books are light and not too long so you can read them on the bus or wherever!

[MagicNMedicine]

For economics, "End this Depression Now" by Paul Krugman or "Keynes - Return of the Master" by Robert Skidelsky.