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Cover of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

4.4

2006

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

Cover of The Republic

The Republic

Plato, Desmond Lee

3.9

-380

Cover of The Shipping News

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

3.8

1993

Cover of Gerald's Game

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

3.5

1992

Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

4.3

1984

Cover of The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells

3.7

1896

Cover of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

4.2

2014

Cover of The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Gareth Stedman Jones

3.5

1848

Cover of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

4.0

2008

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)

Lee Child

4.2

2009

Cover of Ubik

Ubik

Philip K. Dick, David Alabort, Manuel Espín

4.1

1969

Cover of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

4.2

2014

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

3.7

2009

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

4.3

1995

Cover of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

3.8

2008

Cover of The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene, Joost Elffers

4.2

1988

Cover of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

4.4

2009

Cover of Little Brother

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

3.9

2008

Cover of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

4.2

2009

Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

3.8

2008

Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

4.0

2012

Cover of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

3.9

2010

Cover of Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Macpherson

3.7

1651

Cover of The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

3.7

2004

Cover of Term Limits

Term Limits

Vince Flynn

4.3

1997

Cover of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Sam Harris

3.9

2004

Cover of The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

3.8

1762

Cover of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Brian Greene

4.1

2003

Cover of United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

Ally Carter

4.4

2013

Cover of Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

4.1

2008

Cover of Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

Michio Kaku

4.1

2008

Cover of Politics

Politics

Aristotle

3.9

-350

Cover of Chaos: Making a New Science

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

4.0

1987

Cover of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

4.1

2014

Cover of A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

4.0

1945

Cover of Demons

Demons

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

4.3

1872

Cover of Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

3.7

1637

Cover of A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time

Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

4.2

2005

Cover of The Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle, J.A.K. Thomson, Jonathan Barnes, Hugh Tredennick

3.9

-350

Cover of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

4.2

2007

Cover of Long Lost  (Myron Bolitar #9)

Long Lost (Myron Bolitar #9)

Harlan Coben

3.9

2009

Cover of An Instance of the Fingerpost

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears

3.9

1997

Cover of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Loung Ung

4.3

2000

Cover of Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Clive Cussler

3.9

2001

Cover of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss, Richard Dawkins

3.9

2012

Cover of What Do You Care What Other People Think?

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard Feynman

4.3

1988

Cover of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

4.0

2008

Cover of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

3.9

2006

Cover of Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution Is True

Jerry A. Coyne

4.2

2008

Cover of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

Sam Harris

3.9

2010

Cover of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Leonard Mlodinow

3.9

2008

Cover of Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Geoff Colvin

4.0

2008

Cover of Altar of Eden

Altar of Eden

James Rollins

4.0

2009

Cover of Flight

Flight

Sherman Alexie

3.9

2007

Cover of The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

3.6

1907

Cover of Hallucinations

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

3.9

1995

Cover of We Need New Names

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

3.7

2013

Cover of Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon, #5)

Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon, #5)

Daniel Silva

4.2

2005

Cover of Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Albert Einstein, Nigel Calder, Robert W. Lawson

4.2

1916

Cover of Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

4.3

1997

Cover of Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Helen Fielding

3.1

2003

Cover of Discourse on Method

Discourse on Method

René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

3.7

1637

Cover of The Cobra Event

The Cobra Event

Richard Preston

4.0

1997

Cover of Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku

4.0

2011

Cover of Black Holes and Baby Universes

Black Holes and Baby Universes

Stephen Hawking

4.1

1993

Cover of The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

Lee Strobel

4.1

2004

Cover of The Map That Changed the World

The Map That Changed the World

Simon Winchester

3.8

2001

Cover of The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

Daniel J. Boorstin

4.1

1983

Cover of April 1865: The Month That Saved America

April 1865: The Month That Saved America

Jay Winik

4.2

2001

Cover of Incendiary

Incendiary

Chris Cleave

3.6

2005

Cover of A Theory of Justice

A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

3.9

1971

Cover of Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum, Philip Gabriel

3.9

1997

Cover of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C. Dennett

3.9

2006

Cover of The Afghan

The Afghan

Frederick Forsyth

3.6

2006

Cover of The River Why

The River Why

David James Duncan

4.2

1983

The Light Eaters

The Light Eaters

Zoë Schlanger

4.0

2024

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