Ryan's votes on the list Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

Listopia > Ryan's votes on the list Best Non-Fiction (no biographies) (36 Books)

1	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 124,526 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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	A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell 4.31 avg rating — 4,941 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by Friedrich A. Hayek 4.22 avg rating — 2,590 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell 4.41 avg rating — 3,570 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 73,422 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman 4.22 avg rating — 9,727 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James 4.29 avg rating — 5,769 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure by Michael E. Raynor 3.90 avg rating — 303 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki 3.82 avg rating — 24,843 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Mirage of Social Justice by Friedrich A. Hayek 4.15 avg rating — 250 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis 4.12 avg rating — 43,125 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard 4.14 avg rating — 1,631 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory by Bill James 4.14 avg rating — 1,190 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman 3.90 avg rating — 15,585 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Open Society and Its Enemies - Volume One: The Spell of Plato by Karl Popper 4.16 avg rating — 2,915 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 4.37 avg rating — 471,169 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty 4.01 avg rating — 457 ratings Ryan rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Race And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowell 4.32 avg rating — 999 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Against method: Outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge by Paul Karl Feyerabend 4.02 avg rating — 3,604 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 470,754 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 4.09 avg rating — 6,246 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller 3.98 avg rating — 8,592 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard 4.28 avg rating — 2,826 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Money, Markets, and Sovereignty (Council on Foreign Relations Books) by Benn Steil 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas J. DiLorenzo 4.09 avg rating — 718 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters by David D. Friedman 3.98 avg rating — 238 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal 3.89 avg rating — 2,279 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (Studies in Ethics and Economics) by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.32 avg rating — 143 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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	A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel 4.15 avg rating — 41,946 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 30,213 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency by Patrick J. Buchanan 3.84 avg rating — 527 ratings Ryan rated it 2 stars See Review	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	Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today by Thomas J. DiLorenzo 4.05 avg rating — 498 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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
33	The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays by Richard M. Ebeling (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 602 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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
34	Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming by Bjørn Lomborg 3.71 avg rating — 1,382 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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
35	Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould 3.96 avg rating — 2,247 ratings Ryan rated it 4 stars See Review	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
36	Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning by Steve Goldman (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 310 ratings Ryan rated it 3 stars See Review	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