Books About Mundane Stuff That Are Actually Fascinating (7 books)

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Inspired from a quote from Bill Gates' 2016 reading list (https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill...) - title is pretty self explanatory

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1		The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke 3.86 avg rating — 4,746 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World by Larry Zuckerman 3.62 avg rating — 574 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson 3.86 avg rating — 7,032 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata 3.91 avg rating — 7,687 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis 4.14 avg rating — 91,524 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven H. Strogatz (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 3,319 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 77,042 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

7 books · 2 voters · list created June 9th, 2017 by Karan Kurani (votes) .

Tags: bill-gates, fascinating-topics, mundane-topics-fascinating

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