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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,240,069 ratings — published 2011
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,255,505 ratings — published 2018
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 419,015 ratings — published 2003
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 893,229 ratings — published 2005
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 471,872 ratings — published 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 580,059 ratings — published 2011
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 222,934 ratings — published 2017
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 858,696 ratings — published 2008
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,380,122 ratings — published 2016
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 270,913 ratings — published 2014
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 619,571 ratings — published 2005
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 475,085 ratings — published 1988
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 204,482 ratings — published 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 798,433 ratings — published 2010
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 315,506 ratings — published 2000
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 164,596 ratings — published 2019
The Psychology of Money (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 307,402 ratings — published 2020
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,135,234 ratings — published 1936
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 194,228 ratings — published 2014
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 453,136 ratings — published 1997
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 334,322 ratings — published 2019
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 713,715 ratings — published 1997
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 851,058 ratings — published 2000
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 200,318 ratings — published 2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 814,298 ratings — published 1989
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 563,757 ratings — published -500
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 238,231 ratings — published 2003
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 557,572 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 860,925 ratings — published 1946
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 116,547 ratings — published 2010
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
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avg rating 4.19 — 284,832 ratings — published 2015
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 220,186 ratings — published 1999
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 115,060 ratings — published 2021
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 186,329 ratings — published 2016
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 390,270 ratings — published 2010
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,146,298 ratings — published 1947
The Truth Behind the Lies: One Man s Journey Through Wwiii (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 302 ratings — published
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,828,713 ratings — published 2018
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 215,494 ratings — published 2014
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.27 — 475,626 ratings — published 1990
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 194,880 ratings — published 1848
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 206,452 ratings — published 2001
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 279,965 ratings — published 2018
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 114,744 ratings — published 2015
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 439,355 ratings — published 2017
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 93,796 ratings — published 2011
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 263,856 ratings — published 1980
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 153,073 ratings — published 2025
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 159,597 ratings — published 2020
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 326,767 ratings — published 2012
“The first impressions with the ashram people
are these sparkling interior experiences. The eyeballs can be peepholes into the Milky Way and beyond. You may mumble under your breath that the ashram people could be on something.”
― Digging for God
― Digging for God
“Janice suddenly flopped her body down on the dusty, musty train seat and pulled herself into a fetal position. Libby stroked her shoulder, trying to comfort her. Maggie and I looked at each other. We knew Janice had more to tell us.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power












