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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 357 times as educational)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,268,421 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 274 times as educational)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,312,463 ratings — published 2018
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 226 times as educational)
avg rating 4.17 — 591,565 ratings — published 2011
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as educational)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,153,763 ratings — published 1936
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as educational)
avg rating 4.22 — 423,915 ratings — published 2003
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 179 times as educational)
avg rating 4.35 — 283,478 ratings — published 2014
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as educational)
avg rating 4.34 — 169,820 ratings — published 2019
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 175 times as educational)
avg rating 4.37 — 227,866 ratings — published 2017
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as educational)
avg rating 4.19 — 869,464 ratings — published 2008
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 157 times as educational)
avg rating 4.07 — 476,244 ratings — published 2012
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as educational)
avg rating 4.21 — 480,760 ratings — published 1988
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 150 times as educational)
avg rating 4.08 — 207,961 ratings — published 2017
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as educational)
avg rating 4.01 — 899,115 ratings — published 2005
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as educational)
avg rating 4.13 — 564,107 ratings — published 2012
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as educational)
avg rating 4.01 — 856,898 ratings — published 2000
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as educational)
avg rating 3.96 — 623,313 ratings — published 2005
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as educational)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,416,841 ratings — published 2016
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as educational)
avg rating 4.16 — 824,264 ratings — published 1989
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as educational)
avg rating 3.94 — 574,164 ratings — published -500
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as educational)
avg rating 4.37 — 883,891 ratings — published 1946
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as educational)
avg rating 4.04 — 459,137 ratings — published 1997
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as educational)
avg rating 4.14 — 196,353 ratings — published 2014
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as educational)
avg rating 4.28 — 325,437 ratings — published 2020
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 116 times as educational)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,389 ratings — published 2018
Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as educational)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,027 ratings — published
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as educational)
avg rating 4.51 — 174,522 ratings — published 2013
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as educational)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,205,948 ratings — published 1947
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as educational)
avg rating 4.52 — 117,595 ratings — published 2010
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as educational)
avg rating 4.36 — 63,521 ratings — published 2020
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as educational)
avg rating 4.09 — 730,154 ratings — published 1997
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as educational)
avg rating 4.09 — 227,676 ratings — published 1999
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 97 times as educational)
avg rating 4.39 — 331,712 ratings — published 2012
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as educational)
avg rating 4.13 — 806,985 ratings — published 2010
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as educational)
avg rating 4.00 — 337,780 ratings — published 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as educational)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,896 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as educational)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,871,594 ratings — published 2018
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as educational)
avg rating 4.09 — 266,913 ratings — published 1980
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as educational)
avg rating 4.34 — 319,117 ratings — published 2000
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as educational)
avg rating 4.31 — 183,089 ratings — published 2024
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 86 times as educational)
avg rating 4.18 — 288,405 ratings — published 2015
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as educational)
avg rating 4.06 — 241,090 ratings — published 2003
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as educational)
avg rating 4.34 — 213,347 ratings — published 2016
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as educational)
avg rating 4.05 — 247,118 ratings — published 1985
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as educational)
avg rating 3.88 — 393,766 ratings — published 2010
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as educational)
avg rating 4.21 — 177,735 ratings — published 1984
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as educational)
avg rating 4.36 — 202,359 ratings — published 2018
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as educational)
avg rating 3.68 — 199,311 ratings — published 1848
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as educational)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,578,353 ratings — published 1945
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as educational)
avg rating 4.28 — 482,110 ratings — published 1990
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as educational)
avg rating 4.52 — 162,149 ratings — published 2020
“Again, the exercise begins. For me, the American in me, the city of Detroit comes to mind. A house, once within the bustling city, now lies on the outskirts. Industry has come and gone, and the car manufacturers have relocated. I recall images of the rough lifestyles south of 8 Mile. The city’s borders have changed. Post-apocalyptic, long grasses sway with the wind. The house is melancholy and lonely. The owners: maybe there, maybe not.”
― The Local School
― The Local School
“Meanwhile, the British had announced that they would leave all British bases east of Suez. That cause great concern to the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, who immediately went into discussion about this with cabinet ministers.”
― A Gracious Enemy
― A Gracious Enemy











