books from TED
1. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating — 465,693 ratings 
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
by:
Brené Brown
4.29 avg rating — 236,406 ratings 
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by:
Simon Sinek
4.10 avg rating — 257,690 ratings 9. 
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by:
Daniel H. Pink
3.92 avg rating — 29,507 ratings 10. 
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
by:
Ken Robinson
3.86 avg rating — 18,706 ratings 
14. 
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating — 239,783 ratings 
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human 4.15 avg rating — 10,815 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by:
Daniel H. Pink
3.95 avg rating — 123,653 ratings 19. 
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by:
Dan Ariely
4.12 avg rating — 129,355 ratings 
21. 
I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
by:
Brené Brown
4.20 avg rating — 26,265 ratings 
23. 
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
by:
Jane McGonigal
3.79 avg rating — 8,270 ratings 24. 
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by:
Amanda Palmer
3.92 avg rating — 36,426 ratings 
27. 
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
by:
Shawn Achor
4.13 avg rating — 43,974 ratings 
29. 
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by:
Joshua Foer
3.88 avg rating — 93,068 ratings 30. 
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.14 avg rating — 28,420 ratings 
34. 
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series) 4.05 avg rating — 11,574 ratings
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Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
by:
Anthony Robbins
4.15 avg rating — 74,675 ratings 
40. 
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
by:
Sean Carroll
4.06 avg rating — 6,755 ratings 
42. 
Women & Shame: Reaching Out, Speaking Truths And Building Connection
by:
Brené Brown
4.04 avg rating — 183 ratings 43. 
What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
by:
Rachel Botsman
3.97 avg rating — 1,329 ratings 44. 
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by:
Niall Ferguson
3.90 avg rating — 30,143 ratings 
51. 
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
by:
Seth Godin
3.78 avg rating — 55,198 ratings 52. 
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
by:
Matthieu Ricard
4.09 avg rating — 7,973 ratings 
54. 
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rule-breakers, and Changemakers
by:
Dave Gray
3.95 avg rating — 6,775 ratings 
56. 
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by:
Jeremy Rifkin
4.03 avg rating — 929 ratings 57. 
The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life 3.75 avg rating — 2,800 ratings
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating — 228,765 ratings
59. 
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by:
Dan Ariely
4.03 avg rating — 35,749 ratings 
61. 
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
by:
Meg Jay
4.10 avg rating — 86,340 ratings 62. 
Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art
by:
Robert J. Lang
4.63 avg rating — 246 ratings 63. 
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions
by:
Susan R. Barry
4.09 avg rating — 919 ratings 64. 
Associative Illusions of Memory: False Memory Research in DRM and Related Tasks
by:
David Gallo
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 65. 
67. 
The Descent of Woman: The Classic Study of Evolution
by:
Elaine Morgan
4.14 avg rating — 950 ratings 
70. 
Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory
by:
Durgesh Satpathy
3.83 avg rating — 185 ratings 71. 
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
by:
Ben Goldacre
4.10 avg rating — 9,120 ratings 72. 
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The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
by:
David Deutsch
4.14 avg rating — 5,775 ratings 
79. 
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
by:
Andrew Solomon
4.27 avg rating — 22,183 ratings 
81. 
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by:
Hans Rosling
4.36 avg rating — 197,271 ratings 
84. 
The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
by:
Rob Fitzpatrick
4.38 avg rating — 443 ratings 85. 
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols 3.95 avg rating — 622 ratings
86. 
Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt, and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries
by:
Guy Winch
3.86 avg rating — 4,389 ratings 
88. 
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
by:
Jennifer 8. Lee
3.69 avg rating — 5,102 ratings 89. 
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
by:
Evgeny Morozov
3.68 avg rating — 1,755 ratings 
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Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time (TED Books)
by:
David Miliband
3.84 avg rating — 345 ratings 95. 
Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being
by:
Brian Little
3.93 avg rating — 1,512 ratings