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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 20246 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,230,880 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19404 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,129,076 ratings — published 1947
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17101 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,814,846 ratings — published 2018
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14852 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 470,383 ratings — published 2012
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14156 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,240,059 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13933 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 795,705 ratings — published 2010
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13558 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,403,929 ratings — published 2022
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12304 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 891,493 ratings — published 2005
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12216 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 855,606 ratings — published 2008
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12052 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,177,870 ratings — published 2018
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12012 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 749,130 ratings — published 2003
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 11645 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,369,660 ratings — published 2016
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 11426 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 417,424 ratings — published 2003
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 11233 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 853,682 ratings — published 1946
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11130 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 325,253 ratings — published 2012
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10574 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 790,553 ratings — published 2016
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10549 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 576,330 ratings — published 2011
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10544 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,178,563 ratings — published 1996
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 10504 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,347,505 ratings — published 1956
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10167 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 785,266 ratings — published 2016
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9924 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 451,205 ratings — published
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 9839 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 719,699 ratings — published 1966
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9773 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 361,414 ratings — published 2015
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 9647 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 849,378 ratings — published 2000
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9425 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 162,854 ratings — published 2019
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 9412 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 618,364 ratings — published 2005
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 9380 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 436,025 ratings — published 2017
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 9361 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 559,259 ratings — published 1997
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9200 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 237,214 ratings — published 2003
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 9175 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 473,082 ratings — published 1988
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9034 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,343,378 ratings — published 2005
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8949 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 314,163 ratings — published 2000
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 8926 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,048,309 ratings — published 2011
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8613 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 389,337 ratings — published 2010
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8117 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 996,973 ratings — published 2010
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7988 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 858,973 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7839 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 555,548 ratings — published 2012
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 7610 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 261,041 ratings — published 2018
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7570 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 576,806 ratings — published 2021
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7565 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 617,669 ratings — published 2012
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 7382 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,129,439 ratings — published 1936
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 7269 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 560,417 ratings — published -500
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7202 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 440,997 ratings — published 1998
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 7113 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 283,448 ratings — published 2015
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 7027 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 243,084 ratings — published 1985
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6990 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 221,290 ratings — published 2017
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6883 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 267,160 ratings — published 2014
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6849 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 193,538 ratings — published 2014
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6648 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 496,893 ratings — published 2016
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6634 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 203,279 ratings — published 2017
“There seems to be a requirement for just so many people to be in the poor class, just as the need for a middle class exists. One class actually supports the other. The only way to get out of that cycle is to fight your way out. Never pass up an opportunity, and stick your foot into every open door, even if it’s just to see what’s inside. If there’s a possibility of seeing something you never have seen to experiencing something new. Do it. ”
― Slave to the Dream: Everyone’s Dream
― Slave to the Dream: Everyone’s Dream
“...in real life I always seem to have a hard time winding up a conversation or asking somebody to leave, and sometimes the moment becomes so delicate and fraught with social complexity that I'll get overwhelmed trying to sort out all the different possible ways of saying it and all the different implications of each option and will just sort of blank out and do it totally straight -- 'I want to terminate the conversation and not have you be in my apartment anymore' -- which evidently makes me look either as if I'm very rude and abrupt or as if I'm semi-autistic and have no sense of how to wind up a conversation gracefully...I've actually lost friends this way.”
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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