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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 206,546 ratings — published 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,325,513 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 435,020 ratings — published 2003
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,484,386 ratings — published 2016
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 11,323 ratings — published 2006
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 200,878 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 615,160 ratings — published 2011
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 10,821 ratings — published 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,415,829 ratings — published 2018
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 889,302 ratings — published 2008
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
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avg rating 4.18 — 295,497 ratings — published 2015
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 181,443 ratings — published 2019
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 237,952 ratings — published 2017
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 492,884 ratings — published 1988
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 124,560 ratings — published 2015
1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.85 — 4,185 ratings — published 2012
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 485,057 ratings — published 2012
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 327,332 ratings — published 2002
1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 1,702 ratings — published 2010
You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 4,777 ratings — published 2011
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 867,209 ratings — published 2000
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 910,721 ratings — published 2005
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
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avg rating 4.25 — 178,386 ratings — published 2017
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 49,525 ratings — published 2019
1123 Hard to Believe Facts (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,261 ratings — published 2016
Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 318 ratings — published 2005
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 159,844 ratings — published 2011
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 100,127 ratings — published 2010
Understanding FACTS: Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 92 ratings — published 1999
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 630,533 ratings — published 2005
The Happiest Man on Earth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 142,148 ratings — published 2020
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 92,982 ratings — published 2015
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 182,077 ratings — published 2018
The Sad Little Fact (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 950 ratings — published 2019
Becoming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,240,792 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,967,738 ratings — published 2018
101 Amazing Facts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.66 — 8,552 ratings — published 2014
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,773 ratings — published 2016
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 12,647 ratings — published 2015
Sad Animal Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,415 ratings — published 2016
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,323,860 ratings — published 1947
mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 401 ratings — published 2011
Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 9,400 ratings — published 1995
Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Top 10 Lists: Unbelievable Facts and Astounding Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History, and More (Listverse.com Books)
by (shelved 4 times as facts)
avg rating 3.87 — 142 ratings — published 2014
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 248,306 ratings — published 2003
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 12,952 ratings — published 2011
Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.49 — 1,673 ratings — published 2009
Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents)
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avg rating 3.95 — 830 ratings — published 2005
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,038 ratings — published 1987
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 125,193 ratings — published 1994
“The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull burst like a ripe cabbage showering his horrified comrades with viscous brain and bits of bone.”
― Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
― Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.”
― Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
― Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
