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Cover of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

Jon Ronson

3.9

2011

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 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 Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens

4.2

1932

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 A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen, Michael Meyer

3.7

1879

Cover of What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

Malcolm Gladwell

3.8

2009

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 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Chuck Klosterman

3.8

2003

Cover of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

4.4

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 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.4

2011

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

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 Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

4.0

2012

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 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 One Summer: America, 1927

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

4.1

2013

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 Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

4.0

2013

Cover of Night Film

Night Film

Marisha Pessl

3.8

2013

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

4.5

2016

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 Broom of the System

The Broom of the System

David Foster Wallace

3.8

1987

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 The Sound of Gravel

The Sound of Gravel

Ruth Wariner

4.2

2016

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 Hallucinations

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

3.9

1995

Cover of Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

3.9

1958

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 The Road to Character

The Road to Character

David Brooks

3.7

2015

Cover of Discourse on Method

Discourse on Method

René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

3.7

1637

Cover of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

4.2

2001

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 Lie Down with Lions

Lie Down with Lions

Ken Follett

3.8

1985

Cover of Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Bill Bryson

3.9

1994

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 On the Genealogy of Morals

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith

4.1

1887

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 Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy

4.1

2015

Cover of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C. Dennett

3.9

2006

The Light Eaters

The Light Eaters

Zoë Schlanger

4.0

2024

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