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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.13 — 81,807 ratings — published 2019
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.27 — 384 ratings — published
The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.86 — 419 ratings — published 2019
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 132,567 ratings — published 2017
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,316 ratings — published 1979
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.26 — 50,270 ratings — published 2012
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,137 ratings — published -350
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,296,760 ratings — published 2011
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.04 — 465,695 ratings — published 1997
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.22 — 429,618 ratings — published 2003
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,510 ratings — published 2014
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.28 — 366,365 ratings — published 180
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,492 ratings — published 2002
Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything With Ease… Become An Expert in Record Time (Accelerated Learning) (Learning how to Learn Book 15)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.84 — 992 ratings — published 2017
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,366 ratings — published 2021
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 84,773 ratings — published 2015
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 401,443 ratings — published 1880
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.14 — 120,157 ratings — published 2020
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,811 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.37 — 233,376 ratings — published 2017
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,348 ratings — published 2017
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,299 ratings — published 1939
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.24 — 819,983 ratings — published 1966
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,195 ratings — published 1985
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,725 ratings — published 1998
The Lessons of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 21,156 ratings — published 1968
The Dental Diet: The Surprising Link between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 916 ratings — published 2018
Biohacker’s Handbook Upgrade yourself and unleash your inner potential (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.64 — 395 ratings — published
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,251 ratings — published 2014
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,778 ratings — published 2012
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,376,332 ratings — published 2011
Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 (Inside Technology)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.34 — 32 ratings — published 2005
Isaac Newton (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,706 ratings — published 2003
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,940 ratings — published 1998
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,917,398 ratings — published 1953
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.09 — 524,460 ratings — published 1968
The Shadow of the Torturer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.84 — 36,809 ratings — published 1980
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 152,355 ratings — published 2003
The Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.71 — 342 ratings — published 1972
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.01 — 300,824 ratings — published 1992
Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,865 ratings — published 1979
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 6,232 ratings — published 1989
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,395 ratings — published 2001
The Anarchist Handbook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,031 ratings — published
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness (Tim Grover Winning Series)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,357 ratings — published 2021
Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,212 ratings — published
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.46 — 6,706 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,662 ratings — published 2021
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.34 — 15,666 ratings — published 2019
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,082 ratings — published 2018
“This book is for the people who don't want to pick a single focus and abandon all their other interests. It's for the curious, or those who find delight in learning new things, creating and morphing between identities.”
― How to Be Everything
― How to Be Everything
“Assuming that the tendency to pivot between disciplines was unique to me, I felt totally alone. My peers certainly didn't have everything figured out, but they all seemed to be on a linear trajectory toward something. My path, on the other hand, was just a mess of zigzags: music, art, web design, filmmaking, law...”
― How to Be Everything
― How to Be Everything
