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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.12 — 84,073 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 — 394 ratings — published
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.28 — 54,076 ratings — published 1979
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.01 — 63,502 ratings — published -350
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.04 — 473,776 ratings — published 1997
The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.86 — 426 ratings — published 2019
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.27 — 383,885 ratings — published 180
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.26 — 51,460 ratings — published 2012
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,332,465 ratings — published 2011
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 137,119 ratings — published 2017
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.21 — 436,520 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 — 13,780 ratings — published 2014
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,435 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 3.83 — 1,007 ratings — published 2017
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,488 ratings — published 2021
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 88,052 ratings — published 2015
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.40 — 416,821 ratings — published 1879
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.14 — 124,006 ratings — published 2020
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,867 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.36 — 239,146 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 — 9,449 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 — 2,322 ratings — published 1939
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.37 — 77,337 ratings — published 2020
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.25 — 846,535 ratings — published 1966
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,052 ratings — published 1998
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 41,751 ratings — published 1985
The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.97 — 233,526 ratings — published -400
The Lessons of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.04 — 21,835 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 4.16 — 927 ratings — published 2018
Biohacker’s Handbook Upgrade yourself and unleash your inner potential (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.63 — 399 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 — 40,606 ratings — published 2014
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 44,540 ratings — published 2012
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,394,249 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 — 9,829 ratings — published 2003
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,251 ratings — published 1998
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,998,318 ratings — published 1963
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.09 — 536,013 ratings — published 1968
The Shadow of the Torturer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.84 — 38,212 ratings — published 1980
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 154,622 ratings — published 2003
The Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.70 — 355 ratings — published 1972
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.01 — 303,934 ratings — published 1992
Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,887 ratings — published 1979
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 6,350 ratings — published 1989
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.91 — 8,547 ratings — published 2001
The Anarchist Handbook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,045 ratings — published
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness (Tim Grover Winning Series)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,509 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 — 1,235 ratings — published
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.46 — 6,945 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,813 ratings — published 2021
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