Ishmael
1992 • 274 pages

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#9 in Non-fiction books that expanded your understanding of the world

Any non-fiction books that taught you something that made you understand the world better

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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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How To Win Friends and Influence People
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The Selfish Gene
Inventing Reality
The God Delusion
Cosmos
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Deaf World
Peopleware
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Finite and Infinite Games

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
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The Midnight Library
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The Simple Path to Wealth
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Your Money or Your Life
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
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The Education of an Idealist
The Happiness Project
Everything I Know About Love
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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The Little Prince
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Head First Design Patterns
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Night
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Diary of a Young Girl
1984
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
All the Bright Places
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Lord of the Rings
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Dune
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1984
The Way of Kings
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Pride and Prejudice
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Hobbit
Project Hail Mary
The Martian
The Hunger Games