Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley

By
Anna Wiener
Anna Wiener
2020 • 304 pages

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155 books

Biography

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Henry Clay
Eisenhower: in War and Peace
Grant
On the Move: A Life
Chronicles: Volume One
Wishful Drinking
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

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15 books

Memoir

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Sarah Schumacher
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Uncanny Valley
Shoe Dog
Mexikid
Troubled
Private Equity
The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife

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191 books

2020

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Ready Player Two
The Hobbit
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
White Sand, Vol. 1
White Sand, Vol. 2
White Sand, Vol. 3
The House in the Cerulean Sea

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116 books

Audiobooks

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The Fast Diet
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Man's Search for Meaning
Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Paper Towns
Yes Please
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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37 books

Memoir Autobiography

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Bossypants
Reasons to Stay Alive
Why Not Me?
Persepolis, Vol. 1
Man's Search for Meaning
Yes Please
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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106 books

Non Fiction

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Writing Tools
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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Nonfiction

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Under the Banner of Heaven
The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera
An American Requiem
A Fair Country
The Happiness Project
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
In Search of Grace

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Nonfiction

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
Kill The Messengers
God's Bankers
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
The Mismeasure of Man
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

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Library

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The Left Hand of Darkness
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Fuzzy Nation
Cosmonaut Keep
Rocannon's World
Redshirts
Learning the World: A Scientific Romance

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141 books

Memoir Bio

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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Books To Buy

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John Dies at the End
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Z Dropped 2020

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John Dies at the End
The Golden Compass
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Nonfiction

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The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams
Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit

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Owned

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Three Assassins
Wounds of Honour
Clash of Empires
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Technology

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Dark Territory
Cult of the Dead Cow
The Cathedral & the Bazaar
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
Rebel Code

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Bio Memoir

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
When Breath Becomes Air
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Both of Us: My Life with Farrah
Happiness: A Memoir

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Someday Maybe

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Suspended Sentences
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Favorites

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Schopenhauer as Educator: Nietzsche's Third Untimely Meditation
Interpreting Dreams
How to Be an Antiracist
Between the World and Me
The Second Sex
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Books Read In 2020

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Memoirs

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Social Justice List

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Recs

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Ένας γέρος που διάβαζε ιστορίες αγάπης
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The Opposite of Loneliness
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

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