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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 576,075 ratings — published 2011
The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 1,424 ratings — published 2012
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 113,511 ratings — published 2021
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 111,940 ratings — published 2020
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 20,673 ratings — published 2016
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 87,193 ratings — published 2015
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 8,520 ratings — published 2012
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 59,891 ratings — published 2010
Oranges (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 3,856 ratings — published 1967
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 237,169 ratings — published 2003
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 618,277 ratings — published 2005
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 855,392 ratings — published 2008
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 112,853 ratings — published 2016
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 116,133 ratings — published 2010
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 124,589 ratings — published 2009
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
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avg rating 3.73 — 12,431 ratings — published 2014
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 190,556 ratings — published 2013
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 470,276 ratings — published 2012
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 24,153 ratings — published 1986
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,561 ratings — published 1955
Just Good Manners: A Quintessential Guide to Courtesy, Charm, Grace and Decorum (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.10 — 679 ratings — published
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,230,277 ratings — published 2011
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 52,426 ratings — published 2024
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 162,730 ratings — published 2019
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 266,863 ratings — published 2014
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 140,867 ratings — published 2021
Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.43 — 130 ratings — published 2013
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 8,159 ratings — published 2011
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 27,169 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Explanation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,061 ratings — published
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 53,554 ratings — published 1996
The Let Them Theory (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 201,277 ratings — published 2024
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 333,151 ratings — published 2019
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 34,484 ratings — published 2021
The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 10,578 ratings — published 2008
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 22,488 ratings — published 2024
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 19,127 ratings — published 2023
How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 903 ratings — published 2025
The Art of Thinking Clearly (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 40,200 ratings — published 2011
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 90,749 ratings — published 2023
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 76,693 ratings — published 2023
Don't Believe Everything You Think (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.79 — 43,778 ratings — published 2022
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 203,208 ratings — published 2017
The 12 Week Year (Nook)
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avg rating 3.86 — 18,284 ratings — published 2009
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 57,258 ratings — published 2005
Alan Turing: The Enigma (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 11,893 ratings — published 1983
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,368,844 ratings — published 2016
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 157,006 ratings — published 2024
Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,484 ratings — published 2024
Psych: The Story of the Human Mind (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,088 ratings — published 2023
