Prompts

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

A Short History of Nearly Everything

2003 • 1,255 Readers • 705 pages 4.2

How To Win Friends and Influence People

1936 • 241 Readers • 288 pages 3.9

Peopleware

1987 • 149 Readers • 245 pages 4.4

Inventing Reality

1993 • 36 Readers • 274 pages 4.5

Ishmael

#1 of 3 in Ishmael

1992 • 228 Readers • 274 pages 3.9

The Selfish Gene

1976 • 577 Readers • 396 pages 4.2

Cosmos

1980 • 526 Readers • 450 pages • 14h 32m 4.5

Deaf World

2001 • 1 Reader • 469 pages

The God Delusion

612 Readers 3.9

On the Origin of Species

1859 • 366 Readers • 393 pages 4.1

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

2021 • 654 Readers • 272 pages 3.9

Manufacturing Consent

2002 • 280 Readers • 482 pages 4

Non Violent Communication A Language of Life

1999 • 286 Readers • 264 pages 4.3

White Women

2022 • 21 Readers • 225 pages 4.1

Human kind: A Hopeful History

2019 • 33 Readers • 496 pages 4.6

A Little History of Philosophy

9 Little History

2011 • 59 Readers • 252 pages 4

Educated: A Memoir

2018 • 1,831 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

2009 • 27 Readers • 384 pages 4.5

Finite and Infinite Games

1986 • 168 Readers • 119 pages 3.3

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

2011 • 456 Readers • 534 pages 4.1

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

2016 • 161 Readers • 340 pages 4

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

1994 • 43 Readers • 332 pages 4.5