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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,231,261 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.22 — 417,480 ratings — published 2003
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.36 — 199,629 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.04 — 451,238 ratings — published 1997
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.75 — 11,065 ratings — published 2006
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 473,142 ratings — published 1988
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 193,529 ratings — published 2014
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 855,641 ratings — published 2008
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 891,482 ratings — published 2005
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.17 — 576,423 ratings — published 2011
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 283,502 ratings — published 2015
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 849,383 ratings — published 2000
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,756 ratings — published 2015
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 618,392 ratings — published 2005
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,425 ratings — published 1987
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 175,391 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 221,379 ratings — published 2017
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.09 — 217,987 ratings — published 1999
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,201 ratings — published 2015
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 560,567 ratings — published -500
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 333,227 ratings — published 2019
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.26 — 85,856 ratings — published 2018
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,098 ratings — published 2012
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.40 — 157,311 ratings — published 1980
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,405 ratings — published 2010
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.09 — 56,861 ratings — published 2012
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 121,130 ratings — published 1859
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 203,306 ratings — published 2017
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.97 — 190,609 ratings — published 2013
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 70,585 ratings — published 2001
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,588 ratings — published 2007
The Psychology of Money (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.29 — 301,493 ratings — published 2020
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.31 — 97,372 ratings — published 2019
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,240,849 ratings — published 2018
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.99 — 65,560 ratings — published 2014
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 190,925 ratings — published 1976
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 470,448 ratings — published 2012
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,427 ratings — published
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.24 — 23,803 ratings — published 1988
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,049 ratings — published 2018
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,391 ratings — published 2016
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.89 — 32,667 ratings — published 2010
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 853,946 ratings — published 1946
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.15 — 390,981 ratings — published 2014
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.88 — 93,637 ratings — published 2011
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,829 ratings — published 2013
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.12 — 39,491 ratings — published 2011
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.84 — 377,453 ratings — published 1513
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.06 — 237,257 ratings — published 2003
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 133,990 ratings — published 2009
“I am not an expert in anything. I form very few hard and fast judgements about politics, the economy, and international affairs. International news, even dramatic news, leaves me pretty much indifferent, I feel guilty about that.”
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“Lord Krishna taught Arjuna, the bhagavad gita; What might have been the teaching of Saguni to Duryodhana? Will it be the same?”
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