Books Recommended by TED Presenters

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A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,521 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,653 ratings
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Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control 3.59 avg rating — 615 ratings
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War 4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All 3.98 avg rating — 14,024 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,762 ratings
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Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity as Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi
Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity as Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi 3.91 avg rating — 610 ratings
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The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World 3.98 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
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The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius 4.09 avg rating — 7,768 ratings
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Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age 4.05 avg rating — 9,490 ratings
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The Laws of Simplicity
The Laws of Simplicity 3.90 avg rating — 6,952 ratings
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Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change 4.24 avg rating — 1,723 ratings
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A Theory Of Fun For Game Design
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design 3.91 avg rating — 3,390 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,240 ratings
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom 4.09 avg rating — 43,680 ratings
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Want Not
Want Not 3.68 avg rating — 2,990 ratings
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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself 4.21 avg rating — 134,449 ratings
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Your Money or Your Life
Your Money or Your Life 3.99 avg rating — 29,878 ratings
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Waking Up, Alive
Waking Up, Alive 4.02 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad
The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad 4.20 avg rating — 640 ratings
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,271 ratings
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Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present
Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present 3.86 avg rating — 987 ratings
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The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger
The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger 3.83 avg rating — 504 ratings
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Pig Earth
Pig Earth 4.03 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Personal History: A Memoir
Personal History: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 24,451 ratings
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China: A New History
China: A New History 3.87 avg rating — 956 ratings
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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript
On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript 3.94 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,613 ratings
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The Essential Epicurus
The Essential Epicurus
by: Epicurus
3.90 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
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Theodicy
Theodicy 3.60 avg rating — 300 ratings
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't 3.97 avg rating — 51,885 ratings
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Facts are Sacred: The power of data
Facts are Sacred: The power of data 3.74 avg rating — 160 ratings
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A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics)
A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics) 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right 4.04 avg rating — 73,760 ratings
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Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare
Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare 4.02 avg rating — 247 ratings
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Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists 4.33 avg rating — 759 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,669 ratings
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The Mind's Eye
The Mind's Eye 3.92 avg rating — 13,541 ratings
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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves 3.93 avg rating — 16,725 ratings
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Consciousness: An Introduction
Consciousness: An Introduction 3.88 avg rating — 3,313 ratings
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Ancestors and Relatives: Genealogy, Identity, and Community
Ancestors and Relatives: Genealogy, Identity, and Community 3.33 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function
Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,057 ratings
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From Dictatorship to Democracy
From Dictatorship to Democracy 3.83 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
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Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything 3.61 avg rating — 1,338 ratings
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One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America
One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures 4.20 avg rating — 5,906 ratings
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Why We Run: A Natural History
Why We Run: A Natural History 3.82 avg rating — 2,884 ratings
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My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,503 ratings
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Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex 4.06 avg rating — 3,622 ratings
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Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success 4.07 avg rating — 38,966 ratings
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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder 3.69 avg rating — 18,356 ratings
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The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else 4.03 avg rating — 26,519 ratings
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Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right
Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right 3.49 avg rating — 330 ratings