The Big Books of Fall
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General Knowledge


General Knowledge Books

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Book of General Ignorance
A Brief History of Time
Outliers: The Story of Success
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Curious Matrix by Domagoj PernarExtraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles PanatiDon't Know Much About Geography by Kenneth C. DavisThe 99% Invisible City by Roman MarsStuff You Should Know by Josh Clark
Best Educational Trivia & Fun Fact Books
72 books — 13 voters
I Used to Know That by Patrick ScrivenorI Before E (Except After C) by Judy ParkinsonI Used to Know That by Emma MarriottI Used to Know That by Caroline TaggartI Used to Know That by Will Williams
Blackboard Reference Series
33 books — 2 voters

The Teacher Wars by Dana GoldsteinGetting Better by Charles KennyAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraBad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
Vox's Books to Read to Understand the World
31 books — 7 voters
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition by B.R. BurgBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksReasons and Persons by Derek ParfitThe Deipnosophists by Athenaeus of NaucratisHow to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human... by George Washington Carver
Books mentioned in QI - Quite Interesting
16 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “General Knowledge”

Samama Reza
“ Guessing a person’s ethnicity right without asking them is a talent that flows within you once you start living in the UAE. ”
― Samama Reza, Anti-Romantic
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ We ought to read mainly, not to know more, but to remind ourselves that we do not know much. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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