My favorite Economist to read is Deirdre McCloskey. I really recommend her work on bourgeois virtue, dignity and equality. Some other books of note include the following.
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City
Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Overseas Research II: A Practical Guide
Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide
Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914