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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,303,221 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.22 — 430,945 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 4.35 — 205,008 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.04 — 467,170 ratings — published 1997
The Book of General Ignorance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.75 — 11,282 ratings — published 2006
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 488,187 ratings — published 1988
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 881,915 ratings — published 2008
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 199,151 ratings — published 2014
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 906,417 ratings — published 2005
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.17 — 606,074 ratings — published 2011
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.18 — 293,012 ratings — published 2015
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 122,014 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 — 863,358 ratings — published 2000
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 627,916 ratings — published 2005
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 234,445 ratings — published 2017
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,438 ratings — published 1987
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,682 ratings — published 2018
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 237,670 ratings — published 1999
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 65,653 ratings — published 2012
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.94 — 587,986 ratings — published -500
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 341,864 ratings — published 2019
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,553 ratings — published 2015
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,041 ratings — published 2012
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,378,097 ratings — published 2018
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.25 — 90,019 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 916,131 ratings — published 1946
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,836 ratings — published 2007
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 213,213 ratings — published 2017
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.40 — 161,942 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 — 29,878 ratings — published 2010
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.07 — 481,868 ratings — published 2012
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.97 — 193,638 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 — 72,651 ratings — published 2001
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.28 — 348,447 ratings — published 2020
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 68,906 ratings — published 2014
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,969 ratings — published 1976
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.84 — 394,627 ratings — published 1513
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 123,738 ratings — published 1859
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,735 ratings — published 2005
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,280 ratings — published 1988
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 102,977 ratings — published 2019
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,867 ratings — published 2018
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.13 — 82,362 ratings — published 2019
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 58,666 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 — 33,559 ratings — published 2010
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,177,320 ratings — published 1936
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 411,408 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 — 95,080 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 — 2,851 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 — 40,328 ratings — published 2014
“We ought to read mainly, not to know more, but to remind ourselves that we do not know much.”
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“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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