Thought-Provoking Non-Fiction Books Recommended by Readers

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,073 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,875 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,296 ratings
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A Compassionate Guide For Social Robots
A Compassionate Guide For Social Robots 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,461 ratings
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The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships 3.93 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety
Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety 3.86 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Straightforward: The Narrative Construction of Heteronormativity from Homer to The Hobbit
Straightforward: The Narrative Construction of Heteronormativity from Homer to The Hobbit 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,154 ratings
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,683 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,597 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,609 ratings
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More 3.82 avg rating — 29,932 ratings
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating — 228,807 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,254 ratings
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea 4.12 avg rating — 117,727 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,321 ratings
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Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters 4.14 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale
Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale 4.39 avg rating — 132 ratings
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature 3.91 avg rating — 11,145 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,457 ratings
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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating — 23,888 ratings
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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government 4.01 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies 3.85 avg rating — 20,391 ratings
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 3.96 avg rating — 119,255 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,735 ratings
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Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories
Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America 4.24 avg rating — 17,336 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,443 ratings
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Moneyball
Moneyball 4.27 avg rating — 141,362 ratings
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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia 4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade
Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 4.22 avg rating — 104,638 ratings
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The Law
The Law 4.34 avg rating — 13,593 ratings
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos 3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings
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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families 4.16 avg rating — 27,320 ratings
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions 3.75 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 4.15 avg rating — 20,378 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,239 ratings
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The Bomb
The Bomb 4.28 avg rating — 446 ratings
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Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,461 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,687 ratings
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Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics 3.85 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
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The Road to Serfdom, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
The Road to Serfdom, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition 4.15 avg rating — 25,382 ratings
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This Side of Freedom: Life After Clemency
This Side of Freedom: Life After Clemency 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa
Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa 4.55 avg rating — 1,779 ratings
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The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes 3.66 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,752 ratings
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Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How
Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How 3.93 avg rating — 597 ratings
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The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide 4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America 3.96 avg rating — 225 ratings
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The Book of Nothing
The Book of Nothing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Lion Hearted: The Life and Death of Cecil and the Future of Africa's Iconic Cats
Lion Hearted: The Life and Death of Cecil and the Future of Africa's Iconic Cats 4.39 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy
Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy 4.22 avg rating — 3,341 ratings
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Samson: The Modern Day America
Samson: The Modern Day America it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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I'm a F***ing Star: Get on Reality TV
I'm a F***ing Star: Get on Reality TV it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
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I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless)
I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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One Action - Towards women’s dreams and ambitions
One Action - Towards women’s dreams and ambitions 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral
You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral 4.01 avg rating — 327 ratings
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The Creation of Me, Them and Us
The Creation of Me, Them and Us 4.55 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,068 ratings
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The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained
Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained 4.49 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Insight
Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Insight 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality
The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality 3.84 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Words are our Sorcery
Words are our Sorcery 4.52 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
by: Jon Katz
4.13 avg rating — 1,897 ratings
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Strange Borderlands
Strange Borderlands 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho
The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho 4.39 avg rating — 1,157 ratings
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Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World
Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World 3.69 avg rating — 164 ratings
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It Is Not What It Is: THE REAL (s)PAIN OF EUROPE
It Is Not What It Is: THE REAL (s)PAIN OF EUROPE 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path
Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path 3.98 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,252 ratings
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Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win
Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win 4.35 avg rating — 2,416 ratings
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A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment
A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Women Who Changed the World
Women Who Changed the World 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 3.86 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
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The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements
The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements 4.22 avg rating — 670 ratings
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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering 4.04 avg rating — 45,739 ratings
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Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era 3.72 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
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Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite
Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite 4.21 avg rating — 2,468 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression 3.91 avg rating — 6,200 ratings
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 3.25 avg rating — 23,705 ratings
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A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher
A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher 3.70 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
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Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England 3.78 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself
Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself 3.85 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization 4.12 avg rating — 5,370 ratings
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From a Clear Blue Sky
From a Clear Blue Sky 4.27 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 4.19 avg rating — 21,190 ratings
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Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife
Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife 3.87 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (Anchor Books)
Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (Anchor Books) 3.82 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Children's Secrets
Children's Secrets really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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If Not Now, When?: Living the Baby Boomer Adventure
If Not Now, When?: Living the Baby Boomer Adventure 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington
Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington 4.39 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
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The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi 3.93 avg rating — 326 ratings
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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life 3.81 avg rating — 6,725 ratings
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