Understanding


Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Man's Search for Meaning
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Republic
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
A Brief History of Time
A Short History of Nearly Everything
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
The Nicomachean Ethics
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Between the World and Me
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanWhat Comes After Farce by Hal FosterPotential History by Ariella Aïsha AzoulayWhat Art Is by Arthur C. DantoWhat Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
Art Philosophy Books
98 books — 11 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Dragon Dreamer by J.S. BurkeHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Greatest Friendships
37 books — 18 voters
Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank DefordSixtyfive Roses by Heather Summerhayes CariouLessons from a CF Cornerman by Raymond L. PooleFive Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottNo One Dies in the Garden of Syn by Michael Seidelman
Best Books on Cystic Fibrosis
46 books — 44 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
200 books — 143 voters

Aristotle
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Aristotle

Frank Herbert
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Frank Herbert, Dune

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