Best Books To Frame Thinking
3. 
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating β 445,038 ratings 
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by:
Steven D. Levitt
4.01 avg rating β 885,826 ratings 
11. 
A Peopleβs History of the United States: 1492 - Present
by:
Howard Zinn
4.08 avg rating β 259,693 ratings 
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.20 avg rating β 63,327 ratings 
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by:
Steven Pinker
4.16 avg rating β 29,269 ratings 37. 
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by:
Carl Sagan
4.29 avg rating β 78,416 ratings 38. 
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by:
Dan Ariely
4.12 avg rating β 129,363 ratings 
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by:
Michael Pollan
4.19 avg rating β 208,899 ratings 
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating β 73,872 ratings 43. 
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by:
Naomi Klein
4.29 avg rating β 51,932 ratings 44. 
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by:
Steven D. Levitt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 133,657 ratings 
48. 
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by:
Eric Schlosser
3.75 avg rating β 206,251 ratings 49. 
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by:
Stephen R. Covey
4.16 avg rating β 801,904 ratings 56. 
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
by:
M. Scott Peck
4.08 avg rating β 101,264 ratings 56. 
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.09 avg rating β 41,142 ratings 
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating β 27,263 ratings 
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.01 avg rating β 844,249 ratings 67. 
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by:
Charles C. Mann
4.05 avg rating β 93,181 ratings 
70. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron AcemoΔlu
4.09 avg rating β 59,213 ratings 
75. 
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by:
Saul D. Alinsky
3.74 avg rating β 8,464 ratings 
78. 
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century 3.69 avg rating β 102,339 ratings
80. 
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by:
Steven Pinker
4.09 avg rating β 25,079 ratings 81. 
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
by:
Noam Chomsky
4.03 avg rating β 7,199 ratings 82. 
84. 
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
3.96 avg rating β 614,697 ratings 
87. 
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better 4.13 avg rating β 7,059 ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating β 115,044 ratings
92. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating β 465,724 ratings 93. 
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution β and How It Can Renew America 3.71 avg rating β 13,903 ratings
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life 3.88 avg rating β 6,971 ratings
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life 3.60 avg rating β 3,433 ratings
