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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 — 206,533 ratings — published 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as facts)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,325,264 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as facts)
avg rating 4.21 — 434,981 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 — 1,484,116 ratings — published 2016
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as facts)
avg rating 3.75 — 11,322 ratings — published 2006
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as facts)
avg rating 4.14 — 200,855 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as facts)
avg rating 4.17 — 615,072 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 — 10,821 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 — 1,415,441 ratings — published 2018
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as facts)
avg rating 4.19 — 889,215 ratings — published 2008
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.18 — 295,474 ratings — published 2015
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 181,370 ratings — published 2019
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.36 — 237,921 ratings — published 2017
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 492,840 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 4.18 — 124,531 ratings — published 2015
1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,185 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 — 485,012 ratings — published 2012
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.34 — 327,305 ratings — published 2002
1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Paperback)
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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 — 4,777 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 — 867,159 ratings — published 2000
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as facts)
avg rating 4.01 — 910,672 ratings — published 2005
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as facts)
avg rating 4.25 — 178,320 ratings — published 2017
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as facts)
avg rating 4.12 — 49,519 ratings — published 2019
1123 Hard to Believe Facts (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,261 ratings — published 2016
Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 318 ratings — published 2005
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 159,834 ratings — published 2011
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 100,125 ratings — published 2010
Understanding FACTS: Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as facts)
avg rating 4.24 — 92 ratings — published 1999
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as facts)
avg rating 3.96 — 630,501 ratings — published 2005
The Happiest Man on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.62 — 142,115 ratings — published 2020
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.06 — 92,970 ratings — published 2015
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 182,067 ratings — published 2018
The Sad Little Fact (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 950 ratings — published 2019
Becoming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,240,605 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,967,343 ratings — published 2018
101 Amazing Facts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.66 — 8,552 ratings — published 2014
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 4.21 — 8,772 ratings — published 2016
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 12,645 ratings — published 2015
Sad Animal Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,415 ratings — published 2016
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,323,367 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 4.00 — 401 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 — 9,400 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 3.87 — 142 ratings — published 2014
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 248,271 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 — 12,949 ratings — published 2011
Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,673 ratings — published 2009
Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents)
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avg rating 3.95 — 830 ratings — published 2005
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,038 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 — 125,168 ratings — published 1994
“Many politicians are tantalizing storytellers, as they mix facts with fiction, grab our emotion and tell things, they want us to believe. Their factoids are unremittingly reiterated, take a life on their own and in the end become the very truth… until the bubble bursts.("What after bowling alone?" )”
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“True saddness is when someone still thinks your the same person after all these years. They brand you because of their own ego, fear and lack of spirituality. What's sadder is when they are Christian.”
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