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How to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarHow to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Ultimate Human Secrets by Ramzi Najjar
Informative Inspiring and Inimitable
164 books — 155 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Books That Will Change Your Life Forever
143 books — 111 voters

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnExcellent Sheep by William DeresiewiczManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanDemocracy and Education by John Dewey
Great Books on Education
174 books — 105 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioNinth House by Leigh BardugoVicious by V.E. Schwab
Academia, Magic, and Secret Societies
70 books — 95 voters

Antique Dreams by Rhonda ReneeA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyConscious Creativity Mindfulness Meditations by Nataša PantovićMindful Being by Nataša Pantović
Personal Growth Reading List
68 books — 58 voters
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary by Merriam-WebsterThe Oxford English Dictionary by John Andrew SimpsonOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary by A.S. HornbyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Dictionaries
386 books — 54 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Kaleidoscope by Adrian Mendoza
History and Cultures for the College Bound
69 books — 51 voters
The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine by Sheldon ShalleyThe Kybalion by Three InitiatesThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallThe Enneads by PlotinusThe Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by Maurice Doreal
Library of Gnosis
146 books — 50 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDemian by Hermann HesseThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Novels for thought
98 books — 35 voters
The Struggle for the People’s King by Hajar YazdihaThe Orphan Conspiracies by James MorcanThe Liberal Record by Marcelo BrazziFriendly Fascism by Bertram M. GrossWhat Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters by Michael X. delli Carpini
American Political Behavior
164 books — 31 voters

Is Your Child a Money Master or a Money Monster? by Sunny Istar Lee Founder of MMKEasy Money Management by Laurick IngramNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Total Money Makeover by Dave RamseyThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō
Things You Should Know
24 books — 24 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Exceptional
28 books — 24 voters

The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb Tsipursky
For the 20-something Professional
4 books — 19 voters
Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierInner Trek by Mohan Ranga RaoThe Nicomachean Ethics by AristotleThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Exploring Wisdom: A Curated Reading Adventure
104 books — 19 voters

Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe End of Night by Paul Bogard
Well Rounded Education
60 books — 15 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererIwigara by Enrique SalmónGathering Moss by Robin Wall KimmererPlants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask by Mary Siisip GeniuszKnowing Home by Gloria Snively
Indigenous wisdom, knowledge, science and stories
21 books — 15 voters

The Ideal Muslimah by محمد علي الهاشميDon't Be Sad by عائض القرنيA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiBent Rib by Huda KhattabWomen Around the Messenger by محمد قطب
Knowledge & inspiration for Muslim women
21 books — 12 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouHorrid Horoscopes by Wehttam NagillucJourneys to the Planet Mars, or, Our Mission to Ento (Mars) by Sara WeissUnknown Earth by William R. CorlissThe Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' by William Hope [Sam Moskowitz...
"Know" Means Guess
184 books — 8 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Countess Conspiracy by Courtney MilanEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
The Pursuit of Knowledge
25 books — 5 voters
Moojag and the Lost Memories by N.E. McMorranMy Two Elaines by Martin J. SchreiberThe 7 Pillars of Successful Caregiving by Eboni Ivory GreenAfter the Lights Go Out by John VercherShould We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver
International Holiday: September is World Alzheimer's Month
102 books — 4 voters

Night by Elie WieselMY STOIC PATH TO HEALING by Judith GordonHow On Earth, Can I Be Divine? by Gabriella-Grace CauseMaid by Stephanie LandThree Pianos by Andrew McMahon
Memoirs Heal the Soul
7 books — 3 voters
The Best American Infographics 2014 by Gareth CookThe Best American Infographics 2013 by Gareth CookScientifica Historica by Brian CleggThe Sick Rose by Richard BarnettWorld War II by Jean Lopez
Information Visualization & Scientific Illustrations
146 books — 3 voters

ten-great-works-of-philosophy by Robert Paul WolffPlato for Beginners by Robert J. CavalierThe Age of Belief by Anne Jackson FremantlePlato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... Understanding Philoso... by Thomas CathcartThe Age of Ideology by Henry D. Aiken
Great Philosophers on Paperbacks.
48 books — 2 voters
The Ancient Nine by Ian K. SmithNew England White by Stephen L. CarterThe Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
Dark Academia Books Featuring Secret Societies, Fantasy, and Murder by African-Americans
3 books — 2 voters

Impossibility by John D. BarrowConversations with a Mathematician by Gregory ChaitinBoundaries And Barriers by John L. CastiScience by Patricia FaraThe Edge of Objectivity by Charles Coulston Gillispie
Books Suggested By Firestein's "Ignorance"
16 books — 1 voter
7 Billionaires Who Were Not Born Rich by Syed Bokhari98 Things To Do Before You Die by Syed Bokhari101 Things I Wish I Knew Before... by Syed Bokhari999 Amazing & Interesting Facts by John Chao
Inspirational Series
4 books — 1 voter

Animals by Sergio FrugisInventions by Robert B. ClarkeTreasures of the Earth by Walt Disney CompanyMyths and Legends by Guido MartinaDinosaurs by Jinny Johnson
Disney's Wonderful World of Knowledge
48 books — 1 voter

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