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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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A Brief History of Time
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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
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The Selfish Gene
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Cosmos
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The Prince
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The Little Prince
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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Beyond Good and Evil
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,999,530 ratings
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The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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How to Lie with Statistics
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
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The Age of Reason
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Reveries of the Solitary Walker
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A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System
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Meditations
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,791,568 ratings
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Faust, First Part
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Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age
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Faust, and the Urfaust
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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4.34 avg rating — 39,225 ratings
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The Grand Design
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4.06 avg rating — 77,117 ratings
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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4.17 avg rating — 9,588 ratings
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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4.27 avg rating — 216,289 ratings
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The Universe in a Nutshell
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Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me!
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
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The Art of Happiness
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The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
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Being and Time
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Edge of the Universe A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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4.12 avg rating — 24,218 ratings
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
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How the Mind Works
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Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
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Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
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The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
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Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to
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Quit or Die Trying
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Pantheisticon: A Modern English Translation
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The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star
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The 28 Day Shift To Wealth: A Daily Prosperity Plan (The Shift Series)
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Not Trivial: How Studying the Traditional Liberal Arts Can Set You Free
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The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It
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Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth about Men
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Divorced and Scared No More!: Dating After Divorce: From Lemons to Zesty Lemon Sorbet
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The Martyrdom of Man
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Waiting for Godot
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
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America's First Great Eclipse: How Scientists, Tourists, and the Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 Changed Astronomy Forever
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We Should All Be Feminists
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Religion and the Rebel
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The Yoga of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Health, Happiness, And Inspiring Total Team Engagement (1)
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Legendary Advice: 101 Proven Strategies To Rapidly Increase Your Income, Wealth and Lifestyle!
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Ultimate Memory Magic: The Transformative Program for Sharper Memory, Mental Clarity, and Greater Focus . . . at Any Age!
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God, the Evolver: A Secular Approach to the Divine
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Zenith: The Science, History and Mythology of the Northern Lights
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Stephen Hawking On Trial: Confronting the Big Bang
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One Reality: The Harmony of Science and Religion
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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
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The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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Perdendo Tempo Com Deus: Por Que Sou Ateu
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The Ejaculation Master: Blue Heron Health News
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The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre
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Cherish or Perish: Strengthen Your Intellect—Save the World!
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The Know-It-All
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Economics in One Lesson
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Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes — The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11
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Divorced and Scared No More! Practical Advice for the Newly Divorced
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Introducing Evolutionary Psychology
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Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa
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Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information
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Ask a Philosopher: Answers to Your Most Important—and Most Unexpected—Questions
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The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
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Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back Into Politics
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science
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I also suggest taking mathematics at least through first-year calculus, and I especially suggest a class in beginning probability and statistics.