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 • 1,275 Readers • 705 pages 4.2

How To Win Friends and Influence People

1936 • 245 Readers • 288 pages 3.9

Peopleware

1987 • 152 Readers • 245 pages 4.4

Inventing Reality

1993 • 38 Readers • 274 pages 4.5

Ishmael

#1 of 3 in Ishmael

1992 • 229 Readers • 274 pages 3.8

The Selfish Gene

1976 • 589 Readers • 657 pages 4.2

Cosmos

1980 • 533 Readers • 450 pages • 14h 32m 4.5

Deaf World

2001 • 1 Reader • 469 pages

The God Delusion

2006 • 620 Readers • 465 pages 3.9

A Little History of Philosophy

9 Little History

2011 • 60 Readers • 252 pages 4

On the Origin of Species

1859 • 369 Readers • 393 pages 4.1

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

2021 • 663 Readers • 272 pages 3.9

Manufacturing Consent

2002 • 285 Readers • 482 pages 4

Non Violent Communication A Language of Life

1999 • 289 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

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

2016 • 162 Readers • 340 pages 4

Educated: A Memoir

2018 • 1,847 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2000 • 348 Readers • 437 pages 3.7

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

2009 • 27 Readers • 384 pages 4.5

Finite and Infinite Games

1986 • 175 Readers • 119 pages 3.3

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

2011 • 464 Readers • 534 pages 4.1

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

1994 • 43 Readers • 332 pages 4.5