TED Holiday Reading list (32 books)

YOUR HOLIDAY READING LIST: 58 BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY TED SPEAKERS

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1	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,948,675 ratings score: 376, 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	The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch 4.17 avg rating — 9,593 ratings score: 288, and 3 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	Everything I Don't Remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri 3.71 avg rating — 8,992 ratings score: 273, and 3 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
4	Art as Experience by John Dewey 3.94 avg rating — 5,793 ratings score: 199, 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
5	Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter 4.33 avg rating — 1,327 ratings score: 197, 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
6	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein 4.16 avg rating — 27,593 ratings score: 192, 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
7	Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 2,128 ratings score: 187, 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
8	Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 581 ratings score: 185, 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
9	Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 4,903 ratings score: 184, 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
10	Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov 4.17 avg rating — 591,297 ratings score: 178, 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
11	The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.65 avg rating — 363,080 ratings score: 170, 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
12	Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker 3.95 avg rating — 3,789 ratings score: 169, 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
13	What Is the What by Dave Eggers 4.15 avg rating — 87,076 ratings score: 164, 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
14	Batman: Year One by Frank Miller (Writer) 4.25 avg rating — 271,661 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
15	My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 33,439 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
16	Trashed: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 4,103 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
17	Getting to Maybe: How the World Is Changed by Frances R. Westley 3.74 avg rating — 375 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
18	Against Method by Paul Karl Feyerabend 4.02 avg rating — 3,502 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
19	Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Sharon Moalem (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 9,045 ratings score: 91, 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
20	How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 15,547 ratings score: 88, 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
21	Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso 3.91 avg rating — 2,866 ratings score: 87, 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
22	Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else by Steve Lohr 3.46 avg rating — 550 ratings score: 86, 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
23	The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive by Brian Christian (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 4,675 ratings score: 85, 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
24	Jimmy Bluefeather by Kim Heacox (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 1,050 ratings score: 83, 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
25	Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 38,255 ratings score: 82, 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
26	Silence by Shūsaku Endō 4.09 avg rating — 38,795 ratings score: 81, 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
27	A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 134,086 ratings score: 80, 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
28	Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels 3.92 avg rating — 17,302 ratings score: 78, 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
29	The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) by John Galsworthy 4.18 avg rating — 20,681 ratings score: 77, 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
30	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,300,663 ratings score: 75, 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
31	The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante 4.55 avg rating — 7,341 ratings score: 72, 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
32	Remainder by Tom McCarthy 3.67 avg rating — 8,472 ratings score: 71, 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