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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,274,344 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as fact)
avg rating 4.22 — 425,069 ratings — published 2003
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as fact)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,218,071 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 4.35 — 202,818 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as fact)
avg rating 4.04 — 460,406 ratings — published 1997
The God Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as fact)
avg rating 3.90 — 284,222 ratings — published 2006
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as fact)
avg rating 4.21 — 481,971 ratings — published 1988
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fact)
avg rating 4.17 — 593,868 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 — 1,324,960 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 809,129 ratings — published 2010
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as fact)
avg rating 4.01 — 900,258 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 — 118,490 ratings — published 2015
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,157,660 ratings — published 1936
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 193,655 ratings — published 1976
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 4.34 — 171,140 ratings — published 2019
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as fact)
avg rating 4.18 — 289,263 ratings — published 2015
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 196,791 ratings — published 2014
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 871,636 ratings — published 2008
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 44,386 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 — 101,193 ratings — published 2017
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.34 — 115,084 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 — 247,833 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 — 29,085 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 — 218,775 ratings — published 1985
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as fact)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,198,489 ratings — published 1996
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 734,397 ratings — published 1966
Surrounded by Idiots (Audiobook)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 3.51 — 77,421 ratings — published 2014
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 269,912 ratings — published 2018
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.21 — 109,399 ratings — published 2014
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.37 — 889,360 ratings — published 1946
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fact)
avg rating 4.09 — 63,800 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 4.07 — 477,199 ratings — published 2012
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 56,271 ratings — published 2009
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.31 — 100,437 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 — 30,253 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 — 265,624 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 228,989 ratings — published 2017
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 576,450 ratings — published -500
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 286,177 ratings — published 2014
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 178,589 ratings — published 2018
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 107,982 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 332,732 ratings — published 2012
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 178,367 ratings — published 1984
Fermat's Enigma (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 33,575 ratings — published 1997
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 572,587 ratings — published 1997
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 319,969 ratings — published 2000
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 624,054 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 — 447,818 ratings — published 1998
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fact)
avg rating 4.06 — 241,763 ratings — published 2003
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