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Books that help you gain/improve some of these skills:
- Observation
- Failure tolerance
- Pattern recognition
- Logical deduction
- Narrow and wide perspective (aka focus and diffused)
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1	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 607,973 ratings score: 397, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley 4.19 avg rating — 22,360 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,670,288 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks 4.05 avg rating — 251,868 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي by Malik Bennabi 4.09 avg rating — 2,582 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	من الذي حرك قطعة الجبن الخاصة بي؟ by Spencer Johnson 3.87 avg rating — 518,628 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد by Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi 4.19 avg rating — 10,702 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 589,529 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 238,882 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder 3.97 avg rating — 288,630 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To by Dean Burnett (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 11,149 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 199,531 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 7,051,214 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life by Richard Paul 3.94 avg rating — 1,367 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 8,673 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene 4.09 avg rating — 103,609 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 154,194 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	L'Arbre des possibles et autres histoires by Bernard Werber 3.73 avg rating — 2,694 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Princeton Companion to Mathematics by Timothy Gowers (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 1,666 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	النباهة والاستحمار by Ali Shariati 3.79 avg rating — 6,539 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely 4.12 avg rating — 132,615 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3.96 avg rating — 628,465 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre 3.98 avg rating — 48,646 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 32,700 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku 4.08 avg rating — 15,745 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) by Avinash K. Dixit 3.87 avg rating — 3,909 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights by Gary Klein 3.61 avg rating — 2,362 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Les jeux sont faits by Jean-Paul Sartre 3.97 avg rating — 6,790 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China by Robert Jay Lifton 4.16 avg rating — 335 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey 3.91 avg rating — 7,542 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler 3.84 avg rating — 96,298 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 182,187 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	شروط النهضة by مالك بن نبي 4.11 avg rating — 3,683 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 10,992 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد by Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi 4.19 avg rating — 10,702 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Tim Harford (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 5,854 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction by John Brockman 3.69 avg rating — 990 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Grand Design by Stephen W. Hawking 4.06 avg rating — 78,336 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change by Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 572,894 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	ميلاد مجتمع by Malik Bennabi 4.03 avg rating — 634 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) by Jean-Paul Sartre 3.98 avg rating — 16,575 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	الداء والدواء by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya 4.60 avg rating — 6,143 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman 3.79 avg rating — 10,883 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	مشكلة الثقافة by مالك بن نبي 3.77 avg rating — 1,196 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking 4.21 avg rating — 489,165 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	رسائل من السجن by Ibn Taymiyyah really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 402 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future by Rohit Bhargava (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 1,221 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche 4.02 avg rating — 118,406 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 907,324 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Origin of Species / The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin 4.15 avg rating — 718 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 124,038 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche 4.07 avg rating — 181,404 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman 3.66 avg rating — 18,980 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.21 avg rating — 431,813 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich 3.95 avg rating — 3,198 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown 4.04 avg rating — 7,005 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Confessions of a Conjuror by Derren Brown 3.80 avg rating — 2,501 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wright 4.08 avg rating — 12,128 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 5,083 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro 3.91 avg rating — 35,557 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Number: The Language of Science by Tobias Dantzig 4.09 avg rating — 640 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg 3.95 avg rating — 21,779 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife 3.97 avg rating — 11,965 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars