almost all of the books in Rationally Speaking-2
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4. 
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
by:
Maria Konnikova
3.66 avg rating β 5,851 ratings 
6. 
The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday 3.93 avg rating β 1,105 ratings
7. 
The Myths that Stole Christmas: Seven Misconceptions that Hijacked the Holiday 4.21 avg rating β 62 ratings
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Perception and Misperception in International Politics
by:
Robert Jervis
4.16 avg rating β 410 ratings 10. 
The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
by:
Michael Huemer
4.38 avg rating β 691 ratings 
12. 
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
by:
Bryan Caplan
3.55 avg rating β 1,607 ratings 
15. 
Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special 4.13 avg rating β 39 ratings
16. 
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.20 avg rating β 63,328 ratings 17. 
The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
by:
Ian Morris
3.61 avg rating β 112 ratings 18. 
Why the West Rulesβfor Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
by:
Ian Morris
4.11 avg rating β 5,829 ratings 
20. 
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
by:
Francis Fukuyama
4.35 avg rating β 4,811 ratings 21. 
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by:
Francis Fukuyama
4.18 avg rating β 10,199 ratings 22. 
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
by:
Geoffrey Miller
4.11 avg rating β 2,746 ratings 23. 
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
by:
Jerry A. Coyne
4.12 avg rating β 1,778 ratings 24. 
The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People
by:
Michael Shermer
4.01 avg rating β 1,146 ratings 
26. 
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business 3.90 avg rating β 3,700 ratings
28. 
Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation 3.69 avg rating β 1,351 ratings
29. 
Scientists Greater Than Einstein: The Biggest Lifesavers of the Twentieth Century
by:
Billy Woodward
4.04 avg rating β 25 ratings 30. 
32. 
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating β 191,218 ratings 33. 
Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 51)
by:
Ted Richards
3.57 avg rating β 91 ratings 
36. 
Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science
by:
Michael Nielsen
3.94 avg rating β 642 ratings 
38. 
Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
by:
Jim Baggott
3.92 avg rating β 407 ratings 39. 
The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason
by:
John V. Fleming
3.20 avg rating β 200 ratings 40. 
The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion--and Others Should Too 3.98 avg rating β 93 ratings
41. 
Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
by:
Amir Alexander
3.87 avg rating β 1,011 ratings 
43. 
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating β 213,220 ratings
44. 
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by:
Max Tegmark
4.18 avg rating β 8,243 ratings 
47. 
Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
by:
Allen Frances
3.85 avg rating β 1,746 ratings 48. 
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us 3.91 avg rating β 14,816 ratings
53. 
Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness
by:
David Perlmutter
3.79 avg rating β 2,389 ratings 
55. 
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
by:
Chip Heath
3.96 avg rating β 18,032 ratings 56. 
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by:
James C. Scott
4.21 avg rating β 6,470 ratings 57. 
Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
by:
Mario Livio
3.57 avg rating β 2,377 ratings 
59. 
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
by:
Jim Holt
3.81 avg rating β 6,740 ratings 60. 
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
by:
Jaak Panksepp
4.40 avg rating β 453 ratings 
62. 
Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by:
Nicholas Joll
3.67 avg rating β 43 ratings 63. 
65. 
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions FailβBut Some Don't
by:
Nate Silver
3.97 avg rating β 51,882 ratings 
69. 
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
by:
Roger Penrose
4.16 avg rating β 8,351 ratings 70. 
The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life
by:
Jesse Bering
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1,326 ratings 71. 
72. 
Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition
by:
Stuart A. Vyse
3.75 avg rating β 131 ratings 73. 
What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought 4.12 avg rating β 284 ratings
75. 
How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age 3.96 avg rating β 611 ratings
76. 
Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us
by:
John Quiggin
3.76 avg rating β 657 ratings 77. 
Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?: Philosophical Essays on Darwin's Theory
by:
Elliott Sober
3.50 avg rating β 16 ratings 
79. 
The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
by:
JΓ‘nos Kornai
4.11 avg rating β 62 ratings 
82. 
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by:
Steven Pinker
4.16 avg rating β 29,271 ratings 83. 
Plato, Not Prozac!: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by:
Lou Marinoff
3.47 avg rating β 2,504 ratings 84. 
Don't Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training
by:
Karen Pryor
4.24 avg rating β 6,591 ratings 
87. 
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by:
Sarah Bakewell
4.02 avg rating β 10,619 ratings 
89. 
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating β 23,741 ratings
90. 
The End of Discovery: Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?
by:
Russell Stannard
3.63 avg rating β 46 ratings 
93. 
Chasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
by:
Linda Geddes
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1,537 ratings 
98. 
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by:
Carol Tavris
4.04 avg rating β 28,667 ratings 99. 
True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society
by:
Farhad Manjoo
3.76 avg rating β 744 ratings 100. 
A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense: Find Your Inner Chomsky 3.84 avg rating β 1,085 ratings