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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,258,386 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as fact)
avg rating 4.22 — 422,158 ratings — published 2003
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as fact)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,186,275 ratings — published 1947
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as fact)
avg rating 4.36 — 201,612 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as fact)
avg rating 4.04 — 456,967 ratings — published 1997
The God Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as fact)
avg rating 3.90 — 283,183 ratings — published 2006
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as fact)
avg rating 4.21 — 478,713 ratings — published 1988
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fact)
avg rating 4.17 — 587,444 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as fact)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,290,408 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 803,925 ratings — published 2010
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as fact)
avg rating 4.01 — 896,909 ratings — published 2005
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as fact)
avg rating 4.19 — 116,556 ratings — published 2015
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fact)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,147,371 ratings — published 1936
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fact)
avg rating 4.16 — 192,624 ratings — published 1976
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 4.18 — 287,131 ratings — published 2015
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 4.14 — 195,590 ratings — published 2014
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 4.19 — 865,661 ratings — published 2008
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 3.91 — 44,166 ratings — published 1990
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.37 — 100,921 ratings — published 2017
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.34 — 167,816 ratings — published 2019
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.34 — 114,193 ratings — published 2010
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.05 — 246,049 ratings — published 1985
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,935 ratings — published 1999
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.26 — 217,628 ratings — published 1985
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,191,252 ratings — published 1996
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.09 — 728,389 ratings — published 1966
Surrounded by Idiots (Audiobook)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 3.51 — 75,111 ratings — published 2014
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 3.91 — 267,250 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.37 — 875,088 ratings — published 1946
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,827 ratings — published 2012
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.08 — 474,735 ratings — published 2012
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.16 — 56,127 ratings — published 2009
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.31 — 99,243 ratings — published 2019
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,034 ratings — published 2016
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.11 — 263,828 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.37 — 225,914 ratings — published 2017
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 570,230 ratings — published -500
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.35 — 279,028 ratings — published 2014
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.15 — 177,344 ratings — published 2018
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.22 — 108,386 ratings — published 2014
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 107,799 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.39 — 330,115 ratings — published 2012
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.21 — 176,756 ratings — published 1984
Fermat's Enigma (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.30 — 33,410 ratings — published 1997
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.26 — 567,437 ratings — published 1997
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.34 — 317,653 ratings — published 2000
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 3.96 — 621,965 ratings — published 2005
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.07 — 445,230 ratings — published 1998
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.06 — 239,929 ratings — published 2003
“A stray fact: insects are not drawn to candle flames, they are drawn to the light on the far side of the flame, they go into the flame and sizzle to nothingness because they're so eager to get to the light on the other side.”
― By Nightfall
― By Nightfall
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
