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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,274,218 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.22 — 425,049 ratings — published 2003
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.35 — 202,798 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.04 — 460,387 ratings — published 1997
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.75 — 11,172 ratings — published 2006
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 481,940 ratings — published 1988
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 871,586 ratings — published 2008
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 196,779 ratings — published 2014
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 900,236 ratings — published 2005
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.17 — 593,819 ratings — published 2011
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.18 — 289,239 ratings — published 2015
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 857,957 ratings — published 2000
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 118,470 ratings — published 2015
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 624,041 ratings — published 2005
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 228,963 ratings — published 2017
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,433 ratings — published 1987
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,582 ratings — published 2018
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 229,345 ratings — published 1999
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.09 — 63,792 ratings — published 2012
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 338,488 ratings — published 2019
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,401 ratings — published 2015
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.94 — 576,392 ratings — published -500
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.26 — 88,292 ratings — published 2018
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.10 — 58,076 ratings — published 2012
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,324,699 ratings — published 2018
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.40 — 159,760 ratings — published 1980
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,724 ratings — published 2010
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.07 — 477,174 ratings — published 2012
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,423 ratings — published 2007
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 208,754 ratings — published 2017
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 889,238 ratings — published 1946
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.97 — 192,304 ratings — published 2013
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 71,749 ratings — published 2001
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.28 — 329,486 ratings — published 2020
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.98 — 67,354 ratings — published 2014
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,646 ratings — published 1976
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.84 — 385,597 ratings — published 1532
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,474 ratings — published 1859
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,593 ratings — published 2005
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,763 ratings — published 1988
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.31 — 100,423 ratings — published 2019
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,537 ratings — published 2018
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.95 — 58,096 ratings — published 2016
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.90 — 33,164 ratings — published 2010
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.15 — 402,232 ratings — published 2014
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.88 — 94,445 ratings — published 2011
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,846 ratings — published 2013
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.12 — 39,951 ratings — published 2011
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.06 — 241,753 ratings — published 2003
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 134,546 ratings — published 2009
“I am not an expert in anything. I form very few hard and fast judgements about politics, the economy, and international affairs. International news, even dramatic news, leaves me pretty much indifferent, I feel guilty about that.”
― Autoportrait
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“No general knowledge is expressible except in abstract terms. There is nothing particularly difficult about abstractions. We use them every day of our lives and in every sort of conversation. However, the words "abstract" and "concrete" seem to trouble many persons. [How to Read a Book (1972), P. 283]”
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