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Best Books To Frame Thinking
Books from various genres that help shape and contour how to conceive reality in the 21st Century.
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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
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4.09 avg rating — 14,298 ratings
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We
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3.88 avg rating — 109,097 ratings
score: 174,
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| 403 |
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
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4.01 avg rating — 32,578 ratings
score: 173,
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| 404 |
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In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government
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3.99 avg rating — 101 ratings
score: 172,
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| 404 |
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The Big Questions: Ethics
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Julian Baggini (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 151 ratings
score: 172,
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| 404 |
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The Plague
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4.02 avg rating — 304,034 ratings
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| 407 |
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Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
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4.26 avg rating — 36,882 ratings
score: 170,
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| 407 |
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 632,642 ratings
score: 170,
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| 409 |
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Jami' At-Tirmidhi
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4.67 avg rating — 97 ratings
score: 168,
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| 410 |
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Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (The Terry Lectures Series)
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3.80 avg rating — 805 ratings
score: 167,
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| 410 |
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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Joshua Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 93,382 ratings
score: 167,
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| 412 |
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 31,899 ratings
score: 166,
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| 412 |
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A Theory of Justice
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3.95 avg rating — 13,443 ratings
score: 166,
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| 414 |
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Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
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Jim Wallis (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 244 ratings
score: 165,
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| 414 |
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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge
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4.04 avg rating — 632 ratings
score: 165,
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| 414 |
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The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
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4.25 avg rating — 344 ratings
score: 165,
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| 414 |
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Abridged
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4.53 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
score: 165,
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| 414 |
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The Social Contract
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3.78 avg rating — 56,236 ratings
score: 165,
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| 419 |
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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3.98 avg rating — 27,278 ratings
score: 164,
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| 419 |
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 41,975 ratings
score: 164,
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| 421 |
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The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins
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3.98 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
score: 163,
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| 422 |
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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4.11 avg rating — 530,209 ratings
score: 162,
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| 423 |
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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score: 161,
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| 424 |
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
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Kevin Bales (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 1,457 ratings
score: 160,
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| 424 |
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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
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Tamim Ansary (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 12,061 ratings
score: 160,
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| 426 |
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On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
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4.16 avg rating — 18,254 ratings
score: 159,
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| 426 |
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Dictionary of True Etymologies
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3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 159,
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| 428 |
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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity
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4.06 avg rating — 2,892 ratings
score: 158,
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| 428 |
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Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition
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Lena Larsen (editor)
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score: 158,
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| 430 |
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"Está a brincar, Sr. Feynman"
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4.27 avg rating — 214,563 ratings
score: 157,
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| 431 |
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How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In (Good to Great, 4)
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3.98 avg rating — 10,157 ratings
score: 156,
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| 431 |
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The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning
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4.40 avg rating — 1,130 ratings
score: 156,
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| 431 |
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
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Jeff Sutherland (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 23,353 ratings
score: 156,
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| 434 |
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
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4.09 avg rating — 44,032 ratings
score: 155,
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| 434 |
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Rework
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3.98 avg rating — 173,844 ratings
score: 155,
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| 436 |
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Wheels Turning Inward (Mark Miller's One #9)
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Ron Starbuck (Goodreads Author)
4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 154,
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| 436 |
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The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
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4.09 avg rating — 7,783 ratings
score: 154,
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| 438 |
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The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen
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3.92 avg rating — 92 ratings
score: 153,
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| 438 |
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 111,038 ratings
score: 153,
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| 440 |
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Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life - Insights from Buddhism and Psychotherapy
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4.02 avg rating — 846 ratings
score: 152,
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| 440 |
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 552,502 ratings
score: 152,
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| 440 |
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The Fire Next Time
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4.55 avg rating — 116,577 ratings
score: 152,
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| 443 |
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
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3.87 avg rating — 16,893 ratings
score: 151,
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| 443 |
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The Industries of the Future
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Alec J. Ross (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 8,419 ratings
score: 151,
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| 443 |
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The Light within Islam
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Darussalam (Editor)
4.65 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 151,
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| 443 |
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The Arabian Nights
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4.03 avg rating — 80,636 ratings
score: 151,
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| 447 |
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Stories of Your Life and Others
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4.25 avg rating — 121,559 ratings
score: 150,
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| 447 |
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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4.19 avg rating — 496,980 ratings
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| 449 |
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The Moral Life of Children
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3.81 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 148,
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| 449 |
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
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4.51 avg rating — 18,673 ratings
score: 148,
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| 449 |
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What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
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3.75 avg rating — 432 ratings
score: 148,
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| 452 |
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The Culture of Make Believe
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4.26 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
score: 147,
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| 452 |
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 703,191 ratings
score: 147,
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| 452 |
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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4.27 avg rating — 62,543 ratings
score: 147,
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| 455 |
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Philosophy of Religion: Thinking about Faith
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3.73 avg rating — 284 ratings
score: 146,
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| 455 |
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Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success
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Angela Duckworth (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 138,726 ratings
score: 146,
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| 455 |
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Why Islam?
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4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 146,
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| 458 |
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Life and times of the Messengers
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Darussalam (Editor)
4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 145,
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| 459 |
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The Act of Creation
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4.25 avg rating — 526 ratings
score: 144,
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| 459 |
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
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| 459 |
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The Frog and Toad Treasury: Frog and Toad are Friends/Frog and Toad Together/Frog and Toad All Year (Frog and Toad #1-3)
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4.43 avg rating — 16,938 ratings
score: 144,
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| 462 |
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Self and Others
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4.04 avg rating — 458 ratings
score: 143,
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| 462 |
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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4.16 avg rating — 183,049 ratings
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The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
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3.95 avg rating — 1,839 ratings
score: 142,
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| 464 |
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Walden, And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: And The Thoreau Essay, Walking
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3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings
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| 466 |
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
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3.67 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
score: 141,
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| 466 |
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
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4.02 avg rating — 19,813 ratings
score: 141,
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| 468 |
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Making Globalization Work
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3.85 avg rating — 2,229 ratings
score: 140,
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| 468 |
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Does My Head Look Big In This?
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3.65 avg rating — 12,192 ratings
score: 140,
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| 470 |
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Culture′s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations
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4.19 avg rating — 161 ratings
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| 471 |
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Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
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4.10 avg rating — 138 ratings
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| 471 |
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Symposium/The Phaedrus
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3.94 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
score: 138,
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| 471 |
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In His Steps
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4.18 avg rating — 27,168 ratings
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| 471 |
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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Paul Tough (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 24,556 ratings
score: 138,
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| 475 |
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An Exceptional Woman
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| 476 |
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The Oxford History of Islam
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John L. Esposito (Editor)
4.02 avg rating — 254 ratings
score: 134,
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| 477 |
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A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
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3.91 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
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| 477 |
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God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
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4.25 avg rating — 8,832 ratings
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The Caliphate of Banu Ummaiya
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4.60 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
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3.77 avg rating — 7,185 ratings
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Fast According to Quran & Sunna
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4.61 avg rating — 64 ratings
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| 481 |
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O My Son
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4.50 avg rating — 36 ratings
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What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church
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3.93 avg rating — 445 ratings
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O Macaco Nú
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3.93 avg rating — 11,955 ratings
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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4.17 avg rating — 62,065 ratings
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Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Powers, #3)
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4.46 avg rating — 457 ratings
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The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending & Manipulating the Mind
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3.71 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
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3.79 avg rating — 2,440 ratings
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A Primer on Postmodernism
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3.79 avg rating — 687 ratings
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
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4.11 avg rating — 16,927 ratings
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An American Tragedy
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3.97 avg rating — 38,404 ratings
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Islam Between East and West
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4.47 avg rating — 11,963 ratings
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A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
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3.99 avg rating — 3,053 ratings
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
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3.76 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
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Tipping Points: How to Topple the Left's House of Cards
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4.14 avg rating — 152 ratings
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Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the Self-Help Generation
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3.56 avg rating — 306 ratings
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Consumed - How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults & Swallow Citizens Whole
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3.38 avg rating — 855 ratings
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Night
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4.38 avg rating — 1,341,389 ratings
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The Deepening Darkness: Loss, Patriarchy, and Democracy's Future
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4.18 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
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Excellent. I've read all of the top twenty five save the exact Chomsky titles (though I've read plenty of his work, and his key points tend to be stable), "Green Illusions," and "Hot Flat and Crowded" -- though I confess that I started the book, but never finished. Not sure why...
Great list! Thank you, Charles, for starting it and everyone else for building it up. I'm tempted to put every one of 'em on my to-read list, except for the mere half dozen or so I've read.
Leo wrote: "Excellent. I've read all of the top twenty five save the exact Chomsky titles (though I've read plenty of his work, and his key points tend to be stable), "Green Illusions," and "Hot Flat and Crowd..."So what would it look like for these top titles to actually shape the thinking of leaders?
Lacewing wrote: "Great list! Thank you, Charles, for starting it and everyone else for building it up. I'm tempted to put every one of 'em on my to-read list, except for the mere half dozen or so I've read."You are welcome! How are you coming on the reading?
Maybe add Nassim Taleb's Black Swan as a complement to the Structure of Scientific Revolutions?
Fantastic list. I've added a few of these to my To Read list.
Awesome list!! Thanks for creating it. Definitely reading some of these for my 2016 reading challenge :)
Too much Pinker, but this is a f*ing good list
Great list! I think I'll contribute a few books to this list too.
Gotta say, this is the best list I've ever seen on the goodreads. Thank you
commenting so I can remember where this list is
Valerie wrote: "This is like, ALL white men"If for some reason you don't want to read European authors, just in the top 100: Jared Diamond, Naomi Klein, Viktor Frankl, Howard Zinn, Daniel Kahneman, Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Sigmund Freud, Christopher Hitchens, Saul Alinsky, Yuval Noah Harari, Franz Kafka, Douglas Hofstadter, Carl Sagan, Thomas Kuhn, Jared Diamond, M. Scott Peck, Dan Ariely, David Graeber, Charles Murray, William Deresiewicz, Steven Levitt, Thomas Friedman, Jonathan Haidt, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Jonathan Safran Foer are Jewish (plus the Bible, obviously), Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daron Acemoğlu, and Edward Said are also Near Eastern but not Jewish, Malcolm Gladwell, Paulo Freire, and Gustavo Gutierrez are Hispanic, Mohandas Gandhi is Indian, and Martin Luther King, Jr. is African.
It seems like much more of a Judeocentric than a Eurocentric list to me, but I agree that it's totally androcentric.
It is still mostly white men. and one Nazi person (Martin Heidegger)
The list is so race-blind that I am guessing the author probably thought Gandhi and Martin Luther King ,Jr are also white.
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