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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari, 2011

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Non-fiction books that expanded your understanding of the world

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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

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari, 2011

Night

Elie Wiesel, 1955

Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

Jared Diamond, 1997

A Promised Land

Barack Obama, 2020

A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive

Dave Pelzer, 1995

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World

Peter Wohlleben, 2015

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn, 1992

The history of sexuality

Michel Foucault, 1976

Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

Mark Manson, 14

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2014

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy, 2022

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover, 2018

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank, 1913

Becoming

Michelle Obama, 13

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie, 1913

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson, 2003

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker, 2017

Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain, 2012

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius, 180

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins, 2001

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Tahl Raz, Chris Voss, 2016

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer, 19

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, 2014

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green, 2025

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