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Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #3)
by (shelved 22 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.47 — 8,912 ratings — published 2016
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,302,725 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.22 — 430,850 ratings — published 2003
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.14 — 199,124 ratings — published 2014
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.08 — 213,140 ratings — published 2017
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.17 — 605,870 ratings — published 2011
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,934 ratings — published 1976
Just Because (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,212 ratings — published 2019
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.37 — 234,368 ratings — published 2017
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 881,747 ratings — published 2008
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.01 — 906,330 ratings — published 2005
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.21 — 488,091 ratings — published 1988
Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,135 ratings — published 2014
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.96 — 627,855 ratings — published 2005
Curious George (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.17 — 140,800 ratings — published 1941
A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.41 — 6,414 ratings — published 2014
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,631 ratings — published 2023
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.33 — 177,414 ratings — published 2019
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,126,606 ratings — published 1866
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.31 — 53,936 ratings — published 2020
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.35 — 204,983 ratings — published 2018
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.94 — 587,822 ratings — published -500
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,586,418 ratings — published 2020
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.40 — 161,905 ratings — published 1980
The Cow Who Climbed a Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,248 ratings — published 2013
Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-loving Rubber Ball (Toys, #Companion Picture Book)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,155 ratings — published 2015
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,941,866 ratings — published 2005
The Heart and the Bottle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 6,906 ratings — published 2010
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.04 — 467,076 ratings — published 1997
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.01 — 863,269 ratings — published 2000
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,902 ratings — published 2021
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.21 — 181,629 ratings — published 1984
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,659 ratings — published 2018
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.31 — 102,939 ratings — published 2019
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.25 — 89,994 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.37 — 915,717 ratings — published 1946
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.06 — 618,543 ratings — published 1871
Windows (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,784 ratings — published 2017
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,125 ratings — published 2014
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.17 — 32,984 ratings — published 2016
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,456 ratings — published 1979
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,087,045 ratings — published 1992
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.87 — 966,701 ratings — published 1955
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.13 — 819,995 ratings — published 2010
Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as curiosity)
avg rating 3.68 — 548 ratings — published
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.37 — 33,434 ratings — published 2017
Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.13 — 60,473 ratings — published 2020
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.28 — 348,147 ratings — published 2020
Wonder Walkers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,938 ratings — published 2021
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as curiosity)
avg rating 4.14 — 120,914 ratings — published 2020
“The knowledge of all things is possible”
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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