Best Books to Help You Understand How The World Really Works
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The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
by:
Joel Mokyr
4.05 avg rating — 296 ratings 99. 
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
by:
Noam Chomsky
3.98 avg rating — 5,775 ratings 
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Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality
by:
Hanne Blank
3.78 avg rating — 1,117 ratings 
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Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
by:
Casey Michel
4.12 avg rating — 288 ratings 99. 
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by:
Hans Rosling
4.36 avg rating — 197,299 ratings 113. 
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
by:
Tom Segev
3.98 avg rating — 455 ratings 
113. 
Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia
by:
Lukas Straumann
4.55 avg rating — 107 ratings 
113. 
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
by:
Janet Mock
4.30 avg rating — 16,468 ratings 
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Conceal Reveal: The Space between Entrepreneurs and the Defense Industry
by:
Julie Willis
4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings 
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How To Find The Right Person To Date: A Step By Step Guide To Finding The Right Partner And Detecting An Abuser
by:
Celia John
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 
122. 
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
by:
S. Nassir Ghaemi
3.73 avg rating — 4,418 ratings 122. 
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by:
Naomi Oreskes
4.17 avg rating — 7,788 ratings 
129. 
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America 3.71 avg rating — 13,903 ratings
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by:
Carol Tavris
4.04 avg rating — 28,667 ratings 129. 
The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom (Columbia Journalism Review Books)
by:
Joel Simon
3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings 
129. 
The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
by:
Sarah Kendzior
4.10 avg rating — 4,373 ratings 
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back 3.81 avg rating — 4,013 ratings
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Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
by:
Ellen E. Schultz
4.09 avg rating — 364 ratings 137. 
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Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a Success
by:
Summer Sanders
3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings 137. 
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
by:
Angela Nagle
3.45 avg rating — 6,560 ratings 144. 
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
by:
Paul Krugman
3.91 avg rating — 2,010 ratings 144. 
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
by:
Radley Balko
4.32 avg rating — 3,972 ratings 144. 
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
by:
Warner Shedd
3.76 avg rating — 275 ratings 149. 
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
by:
Tom Bissell
3.86 avg rating — 710 ratings 
149. 
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
by:
Michael Buckley
4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings 149. 
Texas Connection: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by:
Craig I. Zirbel
3.68 avg rating — 85 ratings 149. 
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
by:
Liaquat Ahamed
4.03 avg rating — 16,186 ratings 154. 
The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
by:
Karen Piper
3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings 
158. 
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
by:
Paul Mason
3.75 avg rating — 268 ratings 
161. 
Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
by:
Robert B. Reich
3.94 avg rating — 3,890 ratings 161. 
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
by:
Kevin D. Mitnick
3.77 avg rating — 7,162 ratings 161. 
Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
by:
Carroll Quigley
4.33 avg rating — 864 ratings 161. 
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by:
Chris Kyle
4.03 avg rating — 138,797 ratings 165. 
The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism
by:
Robert B. Reich
3.80 avg rating — 282 ratings 
165. 
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
by:
John Brockman
3.79 avg rating — 7,045 ratings 169. 
Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility & Desirability of Peace
by:
Leonard C. Lewin
3.83 avg rating — 192 ratings 170. 
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Where Did the Towers Go? Evidence of Directed Free-energy Technology on 9/11
by:
Judy D. Wood
4.52 avg rating — 226 ratings 170. 
174. 
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
by:
Chris Anderson
3.82 avg rating — 29,932 ratings 174. 
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure
by:
Steve S. Ryan
4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings 174. 
The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
by:
Robert Ardrey
3.89 avg rating — 283 ratings 177. 
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery
by:
Abby Sher
3.88 avg rating — 342 ratings 
180. 
Doublespeak Defined: Cut Through the Bull**** and Get the Point!
by:
William D. Lutz
3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings 180. 
183. 
Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader's Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis
by:
John J. Berger
4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings 183. 
The Salicylate Handbook: Your Guide to Understanding Salicylate Sensitivity
by:
Sharla Race
3.98 avg rating — 56 ratings 
186. 
Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective
by:
Paul Colinvaux
4.19 avg rating — 267 ratings 
188. 
Why Elephants Have Big Ears: And Other Riddles from the Natural World
by:
Chris Lavers
3.99 avg rating — 130 ratings 188. 
From Landfill to Hallowed Ground: The Largest Crime Scene in America
by:
Frank Marra
4.07 avg rating — 94 ratings 
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Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids
by:
Jim Marrs
3.94 avg rating — 1,880 ratings 195. 
Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us
by:
Jim Marrs
3.99 avg rating — 1,095 ratings 196. 
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy: How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
by:
Jim Marrs
3.91 avg rating — 735 ratings 197. 
The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World
by:
David Icke
3.79 avg rating — 1,760 ratings 
