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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 632,938 ratings — published 2005
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,418,988 ratings — published 2005
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 621,891 ratings — published 2011
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One Door Away from Heaven One Door Away from Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 24,005 ratings — published 2001
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Persuasion Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 815,988 ratings — published 1817
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 15,872 ratings — published 2008
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Winter's Bone Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 44,710 ratings — published 2006
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,250 ratings — published 2009
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 25,782 ratings — published 2018
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How We Decide How We Decide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 42,003 ratings — published 2009
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 133,703 ratings — published 2008
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Sympathy Between Humans (Sarah Pribek #2) Sympathy Between Humans (Sarah Pribek #2)
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avg rating 3.59 — 397 ratings — published 2005
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Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 4,135 ratings — published 2007
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 5,717 ratings — published 2010
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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 36,115 ratings — published 2010
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Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 4,218 ratings — published 1991
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 65,637 ratings — published 2016
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Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.73 — 1,218 ratings — published
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A Problem A Problem
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avg rating 3.07 — 118 ratings — published 2011
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The Third Policeman The Third Policeman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 24,452 ratings — published 1967
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Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 18,663 ratings — published 2020
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Turnabout Turnabout (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 7,149 ratings — published 2000
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Friends and Strangers Friends and Strangers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 34,121 ratings — published 2020
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,584,733 ratings — published 1985
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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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avg rating 4.40 — 245,625 ratings — published 2008
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The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1) The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 140,147 ratings — published 2019
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 18,679 ratings — published 2013
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 17,692 ratings — published 2014
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Girls of Fate and Fury (Girls of Paper and Fire, #3) Girls of Fate and Fury (Girls of Paper and Fire, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 8,046 ratings — published 2021
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The Twyford Code The Twyford Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 36,437 ratings — published 2022
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 592,331 ratings — published 1985
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The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1) The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 233,293 ratings — published 2021
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The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2) The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
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avg rating 3.98 — 522,477 ratings — published 2000
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Our Share of Night Our Share of Night (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 73,233 ratings — published 2019
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The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1) The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
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avg rating 3.47 — 307,223 ratings — published 2021
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The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1) The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 92,032 ratings — published 2014
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Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3) Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3)
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avg rating 4.04 — 23,956 ratings — published 2022
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A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4)
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avg rating 4.27 — 91,169 ratings — published 2020
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 205,184 ratings — published 2020
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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avg rating 4.46 — 3,004,503 ratings — published 2017
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Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2) Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2)
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avg rating 3.93 — 51,424 ratings — published 2020
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Elektra Elektra (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 61,624 ratings — published 2022
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 2,029,191 ratings — published 1890
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Small Great Things Small Great Things (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.36 — 465,108 ratings — published 2016
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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,121,091 ratings — published 2017
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 60,226 ratings — published 2012
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 185,622 ratings — published 1883
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Scribbler of Dreams Scribbler of Dreams (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 4,212 ratings — published 2001
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,640,915 ratings — published 2003
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,703,421 ratings — published 1967
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“Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life

Ramez Naam
“The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the global rich -- like me -- live in post-scarcity society, while a billion people struggle to get enough to eat. And we're pushing the planet towards a tipping point, where the corals die and the forests burn and life becomes much, much harder. We have the resources to solve those problems, even now, but politics and economics and nationalism all get in the way. If we could access all those minds, though...”
― Ramez Naam, Crux

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