Over the past decade there has been a proliferation of “pop-economics” books. Many are terrific, but many are not. Please see me if you would like recommendations for additional reading, in addition to some classic works in economics that might help you in your journey to being able to think like an Economist. Some old and new books I recommend without hesitation include (in no particular order):
There are many others, but also many that I would not recommend. For example, Freakonomics helped bring economic ideas to the masses, I am not convinced it contains the thoughtful analysis, breadth of ideas, richness of complexity, etc. that are displayed in the better books. It is certainly interesting, however.
You describe my _Hidden Order_ as similar to Steve’s _Armchair Economist_ in many respects.
I disagree. His book is fun, but it’s a survey of interesting bits of economics, while mine is a price theory text aimed at the intelligent layman learning economics for the fun of it.