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The Selfish Gene
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4.16 avg rating — 192,091 ratings
"thinking like a gene helps one understand nature"
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Economics in One Lesson
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4.16 avg rating — 21,488 ratings
"think on the margin"
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The Prince
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3.84 avg rating — 381,042 ratings
"understand the SOBs"
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
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3.60 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
"IQ matters"
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How to Lie with Statistics
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3.84 avg rating — 17,954 ratings
"good vs bad statistics"
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Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It
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3.95 avg rating — 986 ratings
"memory techniques"
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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
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3.97 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
"memory techniques"
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The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
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4.03 avg rating — 4,204 ratings
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Influence: How and why people agree to things
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4.21 avg rating — 175,935 ratings
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The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
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4.28 avg rating — 2,018 ratings
"the best book on political science"
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How the Mind Works
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3.99 avg rating — 21,047 ratings
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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4.09 avg rating — 41,670 ratings
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Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
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3.92 avg rating — 2,136 ratings
"easy game theory"
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
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4.20 avg rating — 30,783 ratings
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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4.29 avg rating — 52,413 ratings
"recursion"
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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge
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4.04 avg rating — 634 ratings
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The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)
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4.51 avg rating — 119 ratings
"Intelligence matters"
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A Step Farther Out
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3.90 avg rating — 207 ratings
"we are not doomed"
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The Character of Physical Law
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4.30 avg rating — 7,799 ratings
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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4.29 avg rating — 80,026 ratings
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Language in Thought and Action
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4.22 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
"good book on general semantics"
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Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
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4.29 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
"best book on recent history that I know about"
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Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going – A Witty Study of Humanity by a Noted Anthropologist
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4.16 avg rating — 668 ratings
"sane cultural anthropology"
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The Three Pound Universe
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4.25 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
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3.95 avg rating — 1,850 ratings
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Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
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3.71 avg rating — 7,280 ratings
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Instant Biology: From Single Cells to Human Beings, and Beyond
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3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are
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3.93 avg rating — 1,759 ratings
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Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective
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3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
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3.85 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
"techniques for catching lies"
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How to Take a Chance
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3.56 avg rating — 54 ratings
"introduction to probability"
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The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Manipulation Technique in the World
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4.02 avg rating — 545 ratings
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The Way the World Works
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4.17 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Getting the Best of It (Sklansky Poker/Gambling Series)
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3.90 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Tricks of the Mind
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4.04 avg rating — 6,970 ratings
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Fighting Fuzzy Thinking in Poker, Gaming, and Life
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3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
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4.09 avg rating — 1,756 ratings
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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
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3.92 avg rating — 5,100 ratings
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DUCY? Exploits, Advice, and Ideas of the Renowned Strategist
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3.66 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One
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4.03 avg rating — 2,799 ratings
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The Little Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,453,469 ratings
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Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry
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4.09 avg rating — 315 ratings
"verse teaches a lot about effective language"
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Connections
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4.25 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
"all truth is connected"
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Linguistics and Your Language
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3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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A Brief History of Time
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4.21 avg rating — 476,897 ratings
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Instant Physics: From Aristotle to Einstein, and Beyond
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3.90 avg rating — 97 ratings
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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4.09 avg rating — 25,275 ratings
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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
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4.14 avg rating — 1,972 ratings
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What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement
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3.88 avg rating — 1,568 ratings
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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4.05 avg rating — 10,865 ratings
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Multimind: A New Way of Looking at Human Behavior
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4.22 avg rating — 74 ratings
"you can literally be (more than) two minds about something"
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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4.19 avg rating — 21,445 ratings
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Cosmos
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4.40 avg rating — 158,332 ratings
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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4.27 avg rating — 19,430 ratings
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Probability & Statistics for Engineering & the Physical Sciences (Statistics Series)
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3.54 avg rating — 207 ratings
"or any other introductory text"
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
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4.06 avg rating — 13,354 ratings
"everyone should know this"
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The Richest Man in Babylon
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4.23 avg rating — 240,686 ratings
"best personal finance book"
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The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning
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4.02 avg rating — 11,119 ratings
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The Society of Mind
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4.04 avg rating — 3,353 ratings
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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
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4.18 avg rating — 4,523 ratings
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The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
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3.92 avg rating — 292 ratings
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The Owner's Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research
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4.04 avg rating — 414 ratings
"contains some misinformation, but I don't know anything else as comprehensive"
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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain
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3.74 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity
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3.99 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
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The Education of a Poker Player
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3.88 avg rating — 162 ratings
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
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3.94 avg rating — 598 ratings
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
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3.79 avg rating — 729 ratings
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A Question of Intelligence: The IQ Debate in America
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3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Intelligence, Race, And Genetics: Conversations With Arthur R. Jensen
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3.83 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Rules for Radicals
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3.74 avg rating — 8,598 ratings
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The Mathematical Traveler: Exploring The Grand History Of Numbers
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3.95 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers
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4.13 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Mathematical Sorcery: Revealing the Secrets of Numbers
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3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Propaganda
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3.74 avg rating — 8,959 ratings
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