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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 205,577 ratings — published 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as facts)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,310,928 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as facts)
avg rating 4.21 — 432,381 ratings — published 2003
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as facts)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,468,264 ratings — published 2016
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as facts)
avg rating 3.75 — 11,298 ratings — published 2006
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as facts)
avg rating 4.14 — 199,774 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as facts)
avg rating 4.17 — 609,263 ratings — published 2011
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as facts)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,728 ratings — published 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,391,347 ratings — published 2018
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as facts)
avg rating 4.19 — 884,510 ratings — published 2008
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.18 — 293,848 ratings — published 2015
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 178,943 ratings — published 2019
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.36 — 235,692 ratings — published 2017
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 489,802 ratings — published 1988
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.19 — 122,856 ratings — published 2015
1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.85 — 4,181 ratings — published 2012
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.07 — 483,124 ratings — published 2012
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 325,430 ratings — published 2002
1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,702 ratings — published 2010
You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 4,776 ratings — published 2011
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.01 — 864,695 ratings — published 2000
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.01 — 907,948 ratings — published 2005
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 49,179 ratings — published 2019
101 Amazing Facts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.66 — 8,550 ratings — published 2014
1123 Hard to Believe Facts (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,256 ratings — published 2016
Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 317 ratings — published 2005
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 159,344 ratings — published 2011
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 99,802 ratings — published 2010
Understanding FACTS: Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 92 ratings — published 1999
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 628,854 ratings — published 2005
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.25 — 173,563 ratings — published 2017
The Happiest Man on Earth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 140,065 ratings — published 2020
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 92,027 ratings — published 2015
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 181,187 ratings — published 2018
The Sad Little Fact (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 949 ratings — published 2019
Becoming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,231,548 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,944,428 ratings — published 2018
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,737 ratings — published 2016
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 12,587 ratings — published 2015
Sad Animal Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,410 ratings — published 2016
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,295,289 ratings — published 1947
mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.99 — 399 ratings — published 2011
Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 9,395 ratings — published 1995
Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Top 10 Lists: Unbelievable Facts and Astounding Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History, and More (Listverse.com Books)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.86 — 140 ratings — published 2014
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.06 — 246,568 ratings — published 2003
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,856 ratings — published 2011
Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,669 ratings — published 2009
Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.95 — 830 ratings — published 2005
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,036 ratings — published 1987
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 124,520 ratings — published 1994
“Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history. They continue to live in their repressed childhood situation, ignoring the fact that is no longer exists, continuing to fear and avoid dangers that, although once real, have not been real for a long time.”
― The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
― The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
“If we dare to dream, we must dare to wake up. When we come to rub our eyes wide open and face up to realness, we can clear our vision and curb a whirlwind of bewilderment that might break our mind apart, once fantasy wrangles with reality and our awareness denies the true colors of facts. ("Behind the frosted glass”)”
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