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Cover of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin

3.9

2006

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 A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

Cover of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

3.7

2001

Cover of The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

4.0

-500

Cover of The God Delusion

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

3.9

2006

Cover of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

4.0

2011

Cover of Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

3.8

1972

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

3.8

1759

Cover of The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

4.2

1923

Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

3.8

1974

Cover of When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

4.3

2016

Cover of The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

3.7

2006

Cover of The Republic

The Republic

Plato, Desmond Lee

3.9

-380

Cover of Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Møller

3.9

1991

Cover of The Art Book

The Art Book

Phaidon Press

3.8

1997

Cover of The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Miguel Ruiz

4.1

1997

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 Wintergirls

Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson

4.0

2009

Cover of The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

Stephen King, Peter Straub

4.1

1984

Cover of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Thomas L. Friedman

3.7

2005

Cover of Ishmael:A Novel

Ishmael:A Novel

Daniel Quinn

4.0

1992

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 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

4.0

2008

Cover of Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

4.1

2008

Cover of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.9

2007

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Daniel Goleman

4.0

1995

Cover of Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.3

2006

Cover of Anathem

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

4.2

2008

Cover of Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius, Martin Hammond, Diskin Clay

4.2

180

Cover of The Fall

The Fall

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

4.0

1956

Cover of Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

4.2

2009

Cover of Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Victoria Finlay

3.7

2003

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 Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H.G. Bissinger

4.1

1988

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 History of Beauty

History of Beauty

Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen

3.8

2004

Cover of The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Don Wood, Audrey Wood

4.3

1984

Cover of Gift from the Sea

Gift from the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

4.2

1955

Cover of Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

James Clavell

4.2

1981

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

4.2

1942

Cover of The Art of Loving

The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm, Peter D. Kramer, Rainer Funk

4.0

1956

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 Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Roland Barthes, Richard Howard

3.9

1980

Cover of Walden & Civil Disobedience

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin

4.0

1854

Cover of Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Macpherson

3.7

1651

Cover of The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

Aldous Huxley

4.0

1956

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 The Coldest Winter Ever

The Coldest Winter Ever

Sister Souljah

4.5

1999

Cover of Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Chuck Klosterman

3.9

2005

Cover of Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

4.1

2008

Cover of After the Quake

After the Quake

Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

3.8

2000

Cover of On Photography

On Photography

Susan Sontag

3.8

1973

Cover of The Symposium

The Symposium

Plato, Christopher Gill

4.0

-385

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 The Trial and Death of Socrates

The Trial and Death of Socrates

Plato, G.M.A. Grube, John M. Cooper

4.1

-400

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 The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

4.1

1924

Cover of A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

4.0

1945

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 Being and Nothingness

Being and Nothingness

Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel E. Barnes, Mary Warnock, Richard Eyre

3.9

1943

Cover of A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time

Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

4.2

2005

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 Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality

Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality

Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, William Irwin

4.4

2009

Cover of An Instance of the Fingerpost

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears

3.9

1997

Cover of Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt, #16)

Clive Cussler

3.9

2001

Cover of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

Paul Tough

3.9

2012

Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire, Myra Bergman Ramos, Donaldo Macedo, Richard Shaull

4.3

1968

Cover of Arcadia

Arcadia

Tom Stoppard

4.2

1993

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 The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man

C.S. Lewis

4.1

1943

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 Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

Christopher Hitchens, Titus Lucretius Carus, Omar Khayyám, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, James Boswell, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Eliot, Charles Darwin, Leslie Stephen, Anatole France, Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Emma Goldman, H.P. Lovecraft, Carl Van Doren, H.L. Mencken, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, George Orwell, John Betjeman, Chapman Cohen, Bertrand Russell, Philip Larkin, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, John Updike, John Leslie Mackie, Michael Shermer, A.J. Ayer, Daniel C. Dennett, Charles Templeton, Richard Dawkins, Victor J. Stenger, Elizabeth S. Anderson, Penn Jillette, Ian McEwan, Steven Weinberg, Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Sam Harris, A.C. Grayling, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx

4.0

2007

Cover of The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps, #11)

The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps, #11)

R.L. Stine

3.8

1993

Cover of Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Jonathan Kozol

4.2

1991

Cover of Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Bertrand Russell, Paul Edwards

4.0

1927

Cover of How the Mind Works

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

4.0

1997

Cover of The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton

3.8

2002

Cover of The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf

3.9

1990

Cover of The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Steven Pinker

4.0

1994

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 Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.3

1939

Cover of The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

Fritjof Capra

4.0

1975

Cover of Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

4.1

1995

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 The Wall

The Wall

Jean-Paul Sartre

4.1

1939

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann, R.J. Hollingdale

4.1

1887

Cover of Phenomenology of Spirit

Phenomenology of Spirit

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, A.V. Miller, John Niemeyer Findlay

3.9

1807

Cover of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

3.9

1748

Cover of The Places in Between

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

3.9

2004

Cover of Hallucinations

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

3.9

1995

Cover of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

4.2

2010

Cover of Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Daniel C. Dennett

4.0

1995

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