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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 618,808 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Thinking Clearly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 43,155 ratings — published 2011
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.12 — 158,033 ratings — published 2021
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,369 ratings — published 1995
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.11 — 133,375 ratings — published 2008
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,922 ratings — published 1981
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.35 — 207,240 ratings — published 2018
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 92 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,509 ratings — published 2023
A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.76 — 4,820 ratings — published 2016
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.39 — 5,053 ratings — published 2018
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,589 ratings — published 2020
Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,373 ratings — published 2000
A Rulebook for Arguments (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,352 ratings — published 1986
The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,685 ratings — published 2019
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,095 ratings — published 1940
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,113 ratings — published 2012
Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,236 ratings — published 2004
Critical Thinking: Your Guide to Effective Argument, Successful Analysis and Independent Study (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.08 — 240 ratings — published
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 47 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.08 — 73,830 ratings — published 2001
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.95 — 21,963 ratings — published 2014
How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.98 — 639 ratings — published 1994
You Are Not So Smart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.86 — 36,539 ratings — published 2011
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,236 ratings — published 2007
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by (shelved 41 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.04 — 29,726 ratings — published 2007
Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.27 — 15,080 ratings — published 2015
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,462 ratings — published 2008
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,932 ratings — published 2012
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 631,659 ratings — published 2005
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,020 ratings — published 1997
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,952 ratings — published 2009
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Audiobook)
by (shelved 31 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,056 ratings — published 2018
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 33,090 ratings — published 2018
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.08 — 23,122 ratings — published 2015
How to Lie with Statistics (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.83 — 18,656 ratings — published 1954
How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,208 ratings — published 1991
Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.17 — 24,900 ratings — published 2008
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,357 ratings — published 2021
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 69,449 ratings — published 2012
Think Like a Freak (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,972 ratings — published 2014
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.81 — 25,452 ratings — published 2018
Critical Thinking Skills (Palgrave Study Skills)
by (shelved 23 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 381 ratings — published 2005
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.97 — 53,163 ratings — published 2012
The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking-Concepts and Tools (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 779 ratings — published 1999
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.01 — 912,470 ratings — published 2005
Rationality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,723 ratings — published 2021
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,333,264 ratings — published 2011
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,940 ratings — published 2014
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,305 ratings — published 2013
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 4.21 — 185,127 ratings — published 1984
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as critical-thinking)
avg rating 3.84 — 97,053 ratings — published 2008
“Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.
[Open Letter, O Magazine, July 2006]”
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[Open Letter, O Magazine, July 2006]”
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“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947












