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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 271 voters
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
246 books — 221 voters

The Republic by PlatoThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
Knowledge
216 books — 142 voters
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangEmbassytown by China Miéville1984 by George OrwellThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellBabel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device
70 books — 118 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
183 books — 84 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstIn the Land of Invented Languages by Arika OkrentThe Unfolding of Language by Guy DeutscherThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThrough the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Books for Language Lovers
201 books — 73 voters

Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
99 books — 62 voters
Just For You #1 by Maryam TabibzadehJust For You #2 by Mrs Maryam TabibzadehEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
176 books — 47 voters

Seven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun TzuPhilosophy as Passion by Karen Vintges
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
250 books — 15 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstLanguage Unlimited by David AdgerWordslut by Amanda MontellThe Unfolding of Language by Guy DeutscherLanguage Myths by Laurie Bauer
Linguistics Book Club
19 books — 12 voters

Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó SiadhailBasic Irish by Nancy StensonIntermediate Irish by Nancy StensonIrish Grammar You Really Need to Know by Éamonn Ó DónaillBuntus Cainte by Tomas O Domhnallain
Leabhair Gramadai Gaelige
38 books — 11 voters
النهضة اللغوية وخطاب التلهيج الفرانكفوني - في نقد الاستعمار ا... by سلمان بونعمان"The Shining Ones" by Helene E. HaganDébuts de l'écriture au Maghreb - نشأة الكتابة في البلاد المغ... by Ahmed SirajTirra - Aux origines de l'écriture au Maroc by Ahmed SkountiLangues et pouvoir. De l'Afrique du Nord à l'Extrême-Orient by Salem Chaker
Maghreb Linguarum
75 books — 6 voters

Sociolingüistica y pragmática del español (Georgetown Studies... by Carmen Silva-CorvalánLearn Spanish with stories and audios as workbook. Spanish la... by Anton HagerSubject Pronoun Expression in Spanish by Ana Maria CarvalhoThe Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics by Manuel Diacute;az-CamposThe Sounds of Spanish by José Ignacio Hualde
Spanish Linguistics
31 books — 5 voters
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, A Dictionary of Buckish... by Francis GroseI Love it When You Talk Retro by Ralph KeyesHow to Commit a Murder by Danny AhearnSmaller Slang Dictionary by Eric PartridgeStraight from the Fridge, Dad by Max Décharné
•One Horse Open Slang
120 books — 5 voters

The Iron Age in Northern Britain by Dennis W. HardingThe Smart Neanderthal by Clive FinlaysonThe Dancing Goddesses by Elizabeth Wayland BarberEurope Between the Oceans by Barry CunliffeTime Song by Julia Blackburn
Prehistoric Europe
97 books — 5 voters
Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. WheelockChomsky For Beginners by David CogswellText Structure by Nelly TinchevaThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonGoing Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
Linguistics
9 books — 4 voters

The Laboratory of Poetry by Michel ChaouliLabyrinthus by N. Andrew WalshThe Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed by RacterSecrets of Doctor John Dee by Gordon JamesThe Angelical Language, Volume II by Aaron Leitch
•Bedappled In Adam's Apples
108 books — 4 voters
Horrorstör by Grady HendrixDisappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew SalessesMötley Crüe by Neil ZlozowerNöthin' But a Good Time by Tom BeaujourThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1 by Anaïs Nin
Ümlaüts
6 books — 3 voters

Fluent English Vocabulary 2022 Complete Edition by Premier English Learning Pu...Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham BrewerMerriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder, Kindle Edition by Mary Wood CornogEnglish Advanced to Proficiency Vocabulary by Uhtred R. MaknedaThe Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by Charles Talbut Onions
Top English Dictionaries 2025
67 books — 3 voters
The Celts by John CollisThe Celtic World by Jennifer PaxtonThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarThe History of Rome, Books 1-5 by LivyA New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody
The Celtic World Suggested Reading
81 books — 2 voters

The weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. PersingerBecoming a Private Investigator by Howie KahnBrain Tests by Edmund ShaftesburyThe Red Market by Scott CarneyHandbook for the Integrity Tone Scale by Vern Black
Paraforensic
145 books — 2 voters
How Madness Shaped History by Christopher J. FergusonThe Nietzschean Self Moral Psychology Agency and the Unconscious by Paul KatsafanasGrandstanding by Justin TosiPhilosophy of Devotion by Paul KatsafanasRejecting Retributivism by Gregg D. Caruso
Books Discussed on the Dissenter
77 books — 2 voters

Text Structure by Nelly TinchevaTeaching Text Structures by Sue DymockText Structures by Phillip SimpsonHindu Theology by José PereiraAction Strategies For Deepening Comprehension by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Text & Structure
22 books — 1 voter
Dan Burley's Jive by Dan BurleyCroaking Frogs by Les MorganSpeech and Speech Disorders in Western Thought before 1600 by Ynez Viole O NeillKa by Hugh CrosthwaiteBeyond Pure Reason by Boris Gasparov
•I Was Young And Heard Your Flattering Tongue
100 books — 1 voter

Suomen kieli ja mieli by Janne SaarikiviSanaiset kansiot – suomen kielen vaietut vaiheet by Ville ElorantaKielen elämä by Lari KotilainenSana sanasta by Ville ElorantaSuom. huom. Kirjoituksia kääntämisestä by Kristiina Rikman
Suomen Kieli
13 books — 1 voter
#Odio by Federico FaloppaGli accoppiamenti maliziosi. Scambi e contatti di lingua, e a... by Riccardo GualdoFemminili singolari by Vera GhenoCognition, Language and Aging by Heather Harris WrightSpoken Here by Mark Abley
Linguistic love :)
29 books — 1 voter

Mind by Paul ThagardThe Cognitive Science of Science by Paul ThagardCognitive Science by José Luis Bermúdez
Cognitive Science (Academic)
3 books — 1 voter
Forensic Linguistics by John OlssonWordcrime by John OlssonThe Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardAn Introduction to Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardForensic Linguistics by John Olsson
Forensic Linguistics (Non-Fiction)
14 books — 1 voter

Silent Partners by Eugene LindenPrimatology, Ethics and Trauma by Robert IngersollNim Chimpsky by Elizabeth HessThe Monkey Wars by Deborah BlumNext of Kin by Roger Fouts
Classic Ape Language Studies: Controversies and Ethical Implications (Non-Fiction)
36 books — 1 voter
The Normans by Judith A. GreenThe Normans by Lars BrownworthThe Norman Conquest by Marc MorrisThe Normans in Sicily by John Julius NorwichThe Guernsey Norman French Translations of Thomas Martin by MC Jones
Norman History And Philology
10 books — 1 voter

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