Data Literacy for Experts: Nonfiction Recommendations (17 books)

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Building data literacy means reading widely, both within and outside of the world of data. The books recommended here are non-fiction books to help build that breadth of knowledge.

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1		Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez 4.33 avg rating — 176,604 ratings score: 394, and 4 people 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
2		Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling 4.35 avg rating — 204,696 ratings score: 200, and 2 people 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		Bad Science by Ben Goldacre 4.06 avg rating — 45,171 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
4		Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 82,024 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
4		The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer 4.32 avg rating — 31,493 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
4		Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre 4.09 avg rating — 9,431 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
7		De bonobo en de tien geboden by Frans de Waal 4.15 avg rating — 5,716 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
7		Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos 3.78 avg rating — 5,376 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
9		The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel by Jodie Archer (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 1,264 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
9		Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics by Alex Bellos (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 5,725 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
11		The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World by Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips (Goodreads Author) 3.21 avg rating — 2,269 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
11		Utopia by Thomas More 3.55 avg rating — 84,782 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
11		Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us by Tom Vanderbilt 3.72 avg rating — 8,228 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
14		Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 12,536 ratings score: 95, 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
15		The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 818,532 ratings score: 94, 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
16		Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,922,707 ratings score: 93, 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
17		Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 9,510 ratings score: 92, 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

17 books · 4 voters · list created October 15th, 2020 by Laura Ludwig (votes) .

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