100 Selected Books

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,595,449 ratings
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Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,913 ratings
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,565 ratings
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The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,704 ratings
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 4.36 avg rating — 197,299 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,773,113 ratings
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 4.52 avg rating — 83,078 ratings
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance 4.25 avg rating — 36,444 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,316 ratings
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The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,876 ratings
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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood 3.89 avg rating — 12,499 ratings
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How Music Got Free: What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime?
How Music Got Free: What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime? 4.24 avg rating — 6,893 ratings
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal 4.23 avg rating — 15,409 ratings
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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
by: Ed Caesar
3.95 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
15.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,759 ratings
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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise 4.20 avg rating — 18,524 ratings
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon 4.17 avg rating — 8,047 ratings
18.
Letters to a Young Gymnast
Letters to a Young Gymnast 4.07 avg rating — 976 ratings
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 4.30 avg rating — 28,489 ratings
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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works
Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works 3.75 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) 3.73 avg rating — 12,379 ratings
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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation 3.88 avg rating — 6,683 ratings
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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s 4.35 avg rating — 4,519 ratings
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments 4.14 avg rating — 52,666 ratings
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Predatory Thinking: A Masterclass in Out-Thinking the Competition
Predatory Thinking: A Masterclass in Out-Thinking the Competition 4.25 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
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Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America
Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America 4.42 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Politics
Politics 3.84 avg rating — 617 ratings
28.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,118 ratings
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The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series)
The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series) 4.01 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other 3.62 avg rating — 6,380 ratings
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance 4.20 avg rating — 16,556 ratings
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The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island 4.13 avg rating — 57,785 ratings
33.
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman 4.12 avg rating — 24,100 ratings
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Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value 3.83 avg rating — 1,949 ratings
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Batman: The Black Mirror
Batman: The Black Mirror 4.28 avg rating — 25,430 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,025 ratings
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,461 ratings
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by: Amy Chua
3.66 avg rating — 53,697 ratings
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The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity 4.06 avg rating — 8,570 ratings
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The BFG
The BFG 4.23 avg rating — 516,174 ratings
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever 4.23 avg rating — 13,851 ratings
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,080 ratings
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Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century
Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century 3.94 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
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Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 35,483 ratings
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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? 4.30 avg rating — 26,884 ratings
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,502 ratings
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You Need Never Lose at Bridge: Winning Tactics from Victor Mollo's Bridge Club
You Need Never Lose at Bridge: Winning Tactics from Victor Mollo's Bridge Club 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,943 ratings
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Word Freak: A Journey into the Eccentric World of the Most Obsessive Board Game Ever Invented
Word Freak: A Journey into the Eccentric World of the Most Obsessive Board Game Ever Invented 3.82 avg rating — 5,577 ratings
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Simplexity: The Simple Rules of a Complex World
Simplexity: The Simple Rules of a Complex World 3.27 avg rating — 656 ratings
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IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea 3.61 avg rating — 123 ratings
52.
Tal-Botvinnik, 1960
Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 4.56 avg rating — 277 ratings
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder 3.74 avg rating — 846 ratings
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Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion 3.57 avg rating — 7,087 ratings
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Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You 3.36 avg rating — 5,028 ratings
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,956 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,284 ratings
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The Godfather
The Godfather 4.40 avg rating — 452,934 ratings
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The Psychopath Test
The Psychopath Test 3.95 avg rating — 155,563 ratings
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The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled 3.59 avg rating — 17,606 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,613 ratings
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,756 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 3.95 avg rating — 123,669 ratings
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Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation 3.58 avg rating — 922 ratings
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Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything
Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything 3.86 avg rating — 634 ratings
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,139 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,419 ratings
68.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,658 ratings
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The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else 4.03 avg rating — 26,516 ratings
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Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant
Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant 4.14 avg rating — 138 ratings
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The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive 3.94 avg rating — 4,652 ratings
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King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,700 ratings
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The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating — 24,071 ratings
74.
When the Game Was Ours
When the Game Was Ours 4.23 avg rating — 15,832 ratings
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Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White
Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White 4.37 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,798 ratings
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.12 avg rating — 129,365 ratings
78.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,795 ratings
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Champion (Legend, #3)
Champion (Legend, #3)
by: Marie Lu
4.31 avg rating — 230,037 ratings
80.
Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
by: Meg Jay
4.30 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
81.
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
The Lifecycle of Software Objects 3.92 avg rating — 7,203 ratings
82.
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon 4.42 avg rating — 6,724 ratings
83.
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 389,797 ratings
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Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams 4.37 avg rating — 215,788 ratings
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 4.33 avg rating — 1,190,733 ratings
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play 4.26 avg rating — 17,184 ratings
87.
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory 4.03 avg rating — 32,020 ratings
88.
Thirteen
Thirteen 4.21 avg rating — 100,119 ratings
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss 4.32 avg rating — 4,467 ratings
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101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide
101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide 4.10 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer
Thinking In Systems: A Primer 4.19 avg rating — 20,776 ratings
92.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 636,984 ratings
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The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead
The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead 4.09 avg rating — 1,091 ratings