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* [Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081413.Super_Crunchers) by Ian Ayres by Ian Ayres * [Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081413.Super_Crunchers) by Ian Ayres by Ian Ayres
* [The Curse of the Mogul](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7162410-the-curse-of-the-mogul) by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave * [The Curse of the Mogul](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7162410-the-curse-of-the-mogul) by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave
###Self Help
* [How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4865.How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People)
###Philosophy, Psychology and Spirituality ###Philosophy, Psychology and Spirituality
* [Predictably Irrational](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1713426.Predictably_Irrational) by Dan Ariely * [Predictably Irrational](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1713426.Predictably_Irrational) by Dan Ariely
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* [In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315425.In_Defense_of_Food) by Michael Pollan * [In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315425.In_Defense_of_Food) by Michael Pollan
* [Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life: Winifred Gallagher](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6262510-rapt) by Winifred Gallagher * [Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life: Winifred Gallagher](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6262510-rapt) by Winifred Gallagher
* [You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147222.You_Just_Don_t_Understand) by Deborah Tannen * [You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147222.You_Just_Don_t_Understand) by Deborah Tannen
* [How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4865.How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People)
* [Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707599-moral-tribes) by Joshua Greene * [Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707599-moral-tribes) by Joshua Greene
* [Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5040579-why-we-make-mistakes) by Joseph T. Hallinan * [Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5040579-why-we-make-mistakes) by Joseph T. Hallinan
* [Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090193-tattoos-on-the-heart) by Gregory Boyle * [Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090193-tattoos-on-the-heart) by Gregory Boyle
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* [The Social Contract](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12651.The_Social_Contract) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston * [The Social Contract](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12651.The_Social_Contract) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston
* [Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100247.Vagabonding) by Rolf Potts * [Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100247.Vagabonding) by Rolf Potts
###Design
* [Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79766.A_Pattern_Language) by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel
###History ###History
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* [The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/<1911 class="The_World_Is_Flat"></1911>) by Thomas L. Friedman * [The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/<1911 class="The_World_Is_Flat"></1911>) by Thomas L. Friedman
###Design
* [Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79766.A_Pattern_Language) by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel
###Health ###Health
* [8 Weeks to Optimum Health](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health) by Andrew Weil * [8 Weeks to Optimum Health](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health) by Andrew Weil
###Politics
* [Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149206.Resource_Wars) by Michael Klare
* [The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493371.The_Bottom_Billion) by Paul Collier
* [The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/698866.The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter) by Bryan Caplan
* [Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452731-justice) by Michael J. Sandel
* [Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6694937-game-change) by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
* [Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11515298-currency-wars) by James Rickards
* [The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream](www.goodreads.com/book/show/9742.The_Audacity_of_Hope) by Barack Obama
* [The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind) by Jonathan Haidt
* [Economic Facts and Fallacies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064279.Economic_Facts_and_Fallacies) by Thomas Sowell
###Evolution, Science, and Medicine ###Evolution, Science, and Medicine
* [The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61539.The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions) by Thomas S. Kuhn * [The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61539.The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions) by Thomas S. Kuhn
* [Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach) by Douglas R. Hofstadter * [Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach) by Douglas R. Hofstadter
* [The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9778945-the-shallows) by Nicholas Carr * [The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9778945-the-shallows) by Nicholas Carr
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* [Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11148989-catching-fire) by Richard Wrangham * [Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11148989-catching-fire) by Richard Wrangham
* [The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270881.The_Quark_and_the_Jaguar) by Murray Gell-Mann * [The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270881.The_Quark_and_the_Jaguar) by Murray Gell-Mann
* [Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164560.Figments_of_Reality) by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen * [Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164560.Figments_of_Reality) by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
* [How to Find a Habitable Planet](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7551498-how-to-find-a-habitable-planet) by James kasting
* [Scientific Genius: A Psychology of Science](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1752295.Scientific_Genius) Dean Keith Simonton
* [The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61538.The_Extended_Phenotype) Richard Dawkins
* [Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88552.Rare_Earth) Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee
* [Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/648195.Mind_Children) by Hans Moravec.
* [The Little Schemer](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/548914.The_Little_Schemer) by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen, Duane Bibby, Gerald J. Sussman
* [Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16080353-out-of-control) by Kevin Kelly
###Logic and Problem Solving
* [What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493576.What_Is_the_Name_of_This_Book_) by Raymond M. Smullyan
* [How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192221.How_to_Solve_It) by George Polya
* [Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55436.Labyrinths_of_Reason) by William Poundstone
###Politics
* [Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149206.Resource_Wars) by Michael Klare
* [The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493371.The_Bottom_Billion) by Paul Collier
* [The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/698866.The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter) by Bryan Caplan
* [Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452731-justice) by Michael J. Sandel
* [Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6694937-game-change) by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
* [Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11515298-currency-wars) by James Rickards
* [The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream](www.goodreads.com/book/show/9742.The_Audacity_of_Hope) by Barack Obama
* [The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind) by Jonathan Haidt
* [Economic Facts and Fallacies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064279.Economic_Facts_and_Fallacies) by Thomas Sowell
###Sexuality ###Sexuality
* [Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7640261-sex-at-dawn) by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha * [Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7640261-sex-at-dawn) by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
* [The Sex Myth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13569582-the-sex-myth) by Brooke Magnanti * [The Sex Myth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13569582-the-sex-myth) by Brooke Magnanti
###Education ###Education
* [The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/857333.The_Art_of_Learning() by Josh Waitzkin * [The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/857333.The_Art_of_Learning() by Josh Waitzkin
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* [Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409588.Curious_Minds) by John Brockman * [Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409588.Curious_Minds) by John Brockman
* [Teaching as a Subversive Activity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79681.Teaching_as_a_Subversive_Activity) by Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner * [Teaching as a Subversive Activity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79681.Teaching_as_a_Subversive_Activity) by Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner
###Writing ###Writing
* [Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12909101-hat-box) by Stephen Sondheim * [Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12909101-hat-box) by Stephen Sondheim
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* [Different Every Night: Putting the play on stage and keeping it fresh](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3493241-different-every-night) by Mike Alfreds * [Different Every Night: Putting the play on stage and keeping it fresh](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3493241-different-every-night) by Mike Alfreds
* [Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254808.Notes_on_Directing) by Frank Hauser, Russell Reich * [Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254808.Notes_on_Directing) by Frank Hauser, Russell Reich
###Shakespeare ###Shakespeare
* [Thinking Shakespeare: A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1334872.Thinking_Shakespeare) by Barry Edelstein. * [Thinking Shakespeare: A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1334872.Thinking_Shakespeare) by Barry Edelstein.
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* [Hamlet and Revenge](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625956.Hamlet_Revenge_) by Eleanor Prosser * [Hamlet and Revenge](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625956.Hamlet_Revenge_) by Eleanor Prosser
* [Shakespeare's Metrical Art](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428615.Shakespeare_s_Metrical_Art) George T. Wright * [Shakespeare's Metrical Art](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428615.Shakespeare_s_Metrical_Art) George T. Wright
###Humor
* [I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9010.I_Hope_They_Serve_Beer_in_Hell)
###Fiction ###Fiction
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* [Lonesome Dove](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove) by Larry McMurtry * [Lonesome Dove](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove) by Larry McMurtry
* [The Queen's Gambit](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit) by Walter Tevis * [The Queen's Gambit](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit) by Walter Tevis
* [War and Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace) by Leo Tolstoy * [War and Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace) by Leo Tolstoy
###Technical
* [How to Find a Habitable Planet](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7551498-how-to-find-a-habitable-planet) by James kasting
* [Scientific Genius: A Psychology of Science](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1752295.Scientific_Genius) Dean Keith Simonton
* [The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61538.The_Extended_Phenotype) Richard Dawkins
* [Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88552.Rare_Earth) Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee
* [Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/648195.Mind_Children) by Hans Moravec.
* [The Little Schemer](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/548914.The_Little_Schemer) by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen, Duane Bibby, Gerald J. Sussman
* [Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16080353-out-of-control) by Kevin Kelly
###Logic and Problem Solving
* [What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493576.What_Is_the_Name_of_This_Book_) by Raymond M. Smullyan
* [How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192221.How_to_Solve_It) by George Polya
* [Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55436.Labyrinths_of_Reason) by William Poundstone
###Humor
* [I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9010.I_Hope_They_Serve_Beer_in_Hell)