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- The War Between the Vowels and the ConsonantsPriscilla Turner, Whitney Turner
- Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR NabiscoBryan Burrough, John Helyar
- On the Shortness of LifeSeneca
- ExhalationTed Chiang
- MeditationsMarcus Aurelius, Martin Hammond
- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African ChildhoodTrevor Noah
- A Small PlaceJamaica Kincaid
- Who Rules the World?Noam Chomsky
- The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our FutureKevin Kelly
- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, Edward Hutchings
- A History of Western PhilosophyBertrand Russell
- How to Be an AntiracistIbram X. Kendi
- Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum GravityCarlo Rovelli
- Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look UpWilliam Poundstone
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human DecisionsBrian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingJoshua Foer
- The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingMalcolm Gladwell, Barry Fox, Irina Henegar
- God: A Human HistoryReza Aslan
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized WorldDavid Epstein
- The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our MindsMichael Lewis
- What the Dog Saw and Other AdventuresMalcolm Gladwell
- The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Warren Buffett
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted WorldCal Newport
- Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better FuturePaul Krugman
- Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and PoliticsCharles Krauthammer
- We Were Eight Years in Power: An American TragedyTa-Nehisi Coates
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling GiantsMalcolm Gladwell
- Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates
- We Should All Be FeministsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson
- Homo Deus: A History of TomorrowYuval Noah Harari
- Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and CompaniesGeoffrey B. West
- Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and BusinessCharles Duhigg
- How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceMalcolm Gladwell
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingSteven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari
- Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman