A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
112th out of 1,842 books — 3,605 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Evolution Of Desire by David M. BussEvolutionary Psychology by David M. BussPro Truth by Gleb Tsipursky
Evolutionary Psychology
6th out of 233 books — 94 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Best Books on Evolution...
24th out of 267 books — 216 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan CainPredictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Greatest Psychology Books
93rd out of 794 books — 1,331 voters

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Moral Animal by Robert WrightOur Inner Ape by Frans de WaalThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
The Psychology of Morality
3rd out of 82 books — 56 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBlindsight by Peter WattsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Less Wrong Recommended Reading
13th out of 46 books — 50 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
4694th out of 14,772 books — 14,979 voters
Cosmos by Carl SaganNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Books Read By Photon In A Double Slit In His Lifetime
109th out of 401 books — 32 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
206th out of 413 books — 75 voters
After Liberalism by Paul Edward GottfriedSex and Power in History by Amaury De RiencourtAsian Waters by Humphrey HawksleyThe Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley by Carroll QuigleyDisunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
Whatifalthist books
50th out of 266 books — 4 voters

The Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGenome by Matt RidleyThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best Popular Genetics Books on Goodreads
79th out of 107 books — 56 voters
Quiet by Susan CainOutliers by Malcolm GladwellHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Nonfiction Psychology Books on Goodreads
182nd out of 398 books — 73 voters

Science and Spiritual Practices by Rupert SheldrakeTaoTuning by Adrian Emery30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula Goodenough
Spiritual Naturalism
55th out of 125 books — 54 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Math Olympian by Richard HoshinoGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHeavenly Mathematics by Glen van Brummelen
Books Scientists Should Read Before The Age of 20
117th out of 183 books — 84 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
1451st out of 5,276 books — 4,497 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariCollapse by Jared DiamondDebt by David GraeberKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books on Goodreads
335th out of 362 books — 46 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneMeditations by Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic by SenecaMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Holiday Reading List
13th out of 57 books — 22 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl SaganBad Science by Ben GoldacreWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
A Skeptic's Library
166th out of 170 books — 127 voters
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsMeditations by Marcus AureliusConfessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauLetters from a Stoic by Seneca
books to base your life on
49th out of 70 books — 18 voters

Shamanism by Manvir   SinghA Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingRace Marxism by James   LindsayCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Decoding the Gurus Podcast
27th out of 82 books — 2 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
1621st out of 4,094 books — 2,096 voters

Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall SmithThe Immoralist by André GideHow Darwinism Corrodes Morality by Jerry BergmanCitizens Dissent by Wendell BerryThe Genesis of Political Correctness by Michael William
Morality and Immorality
140th out of 140 books — 15 voters
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillGalileo's Error by Philip GoffAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. SapolskyThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Pismo
23rd out of 35 books — 1 voter

Grit by Angela DuckworthMindset by Carol S. DweckExtreme Ownership by Jocko WillinkCan't Hurt Me by David GogginsMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Impact Theory
27th out of 29 books — 2 voters
The Peregrine by J.A. BakerThe Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman CohnKolyma Tales by Varlam ShalamovRat by Andrzej ZaniewskiKaputt by Curzio Malaparte
Philosopher John N Gray's Recommended Books
22nd out of 50 books — 5 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Critical Thinking
135th out of 198 books — 136 voters
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. RobertsonThe Precipice by Toby  OrdThe Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonHow to Think Like Socrates by Donald J. RobertsonAtomic Habits by James Clear
Modern Wisdom Reading List
10th out of 103 books — 2 voters

You Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyThe Four Agreements by Miguel RuizThe Practicing Stoic by Ward FarnsworthThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkExtreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Humpty Dumpty Elegy
46th out of 70 books — 1 voter

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