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Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 846,151 ratings — published 1946
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 359,778 ratings — published 2015
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 448,967 ratings — published 1997
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 30,335 ratings — published 2017
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 786,743 ratings — published 2016
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 281,918 ratings — published 2015
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 33,951 ratings — published 1973
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 219,165 ratings — published 2017
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,337,558 ratings — published 2005
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 118,881 ratings — published 2021
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,110,570 ratings — published 1947
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,223,141 ratings — published 2018
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 261,057 ratings — published 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,219,285 ratings — published 2011
Ego Is the Enemy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 85,750 ratings — published 2016
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 468,787 ratings — published 2012
1776 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 245,001 ratings — published 2005
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 745,999 ratings — published 2003
John Adams (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 374,775 ratings — published 2001
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 54,596 ratings — published 2016
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 165,944 ratings — published 2021
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 15,901 ratings — published 2024
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.53 — 157,798 ratings — published 2020
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.69 — 247,973 ratings — published 2019
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,371 ratings — published 2016
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.61 — 23,568 ratings — published 2019
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 86,591 ratings — published 2015
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,702 ratings — published 2023
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,857 ratings — published 2010
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,358,032 ratings — published 2016
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 111,983 ratings — published 2021
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,540 ratings — published 2018
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 557,106 ratings — published -500
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 375,352 ratings — published 1513
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 852,344 ratings — published 2008
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 190,219 ratings — published 1976
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,076 ratings — published 2009
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 25,811 ratings — published 2019
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,931 ratings — published 2018
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 572,356 ratings — published 2011
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 101,555 ratings — published 2019
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,647 ratings — published 1999
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 213,143 ratings — published 2014
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 202,450 ratings — published 2016
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,800,234 ratings — published 2018
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 471,014 ratings — published 1988
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,754 ratings — published 2018
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 86,998 ratings — published 1990
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 202,098 ratings — published 2017
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as must-read-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 778,854 ratings — published 2016
