Books
What I’ve been reading
Every book on my read shelf at Goodreads, grouped into recurring themes. Search it, filter it, or let chance pick one.
186 books, 6 recurring themes
One mark = one book45% fiction & poetry.
Of the grouped nonfiction, 76% explores how people think, make things, and organize society.
186 books read
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisJ.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of IndulgenceAnna Lembke
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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Boom: Bubbles and the End of StagnationByrne Hobart
Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
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Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business ValueTeresa Torres
Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
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AbundanceEzra Klein
Abundance
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Einstein: His Life and UniverseWalter Isaacson
Einstein: His Life and Universe
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest PhilosophersWill Durant
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the FutureDan Wang
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your LifeNir Eyal
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
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The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human RaceDaniel Z. Lieberman
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest CompanyPatrick McGee
Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
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Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
Project Hail Mary
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental IllnessJonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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Outlive: The Science & Art of LongevityPeter Attia
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
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Dance Dance DanceHaruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming ProductsNir Eyal
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information AgeJames Dale Davidson
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers LoveMarty Cagan
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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Four QuartetsT.S. Eliot
Four Quartets
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and DreamsMatthew Walker
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and PossibilityJames P. Carse
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and OrganizingMarie Kondō
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
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The Straussian MomentPeter Thiel
The Straussian Moment
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Bird by BirdAnne Lamott
Bird by Bird
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Make Something WonderfulSteve Jobs
Make Something Wonderful
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The VegetarianHan Kang
The Vegetarian
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The Network State: How To Start a New CountryBalaji S. Srinivasan
The Network State: How To Start a New Country
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Chaos: Making a New ScienceJames Gleick
Chaos: Making a New Science
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The Age of AI and Our Human FutureHenry Kissinger
The Age of AI and Our Human Future
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and HappinessEric Jorgenson
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered PlanetJohn Green
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)Dan Brown
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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Notes from Underground (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have FailedJames C. Scott
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the FactsAnnie Duke
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth MakingTony Fadell
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P. Feynman
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and PovertyDaron Acemoğlu
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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1984George Orwell
1984
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)Haruki Murakami
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)Steve Krug
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others DieChip Heath
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)Ernest Cline
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Homo Deus: A History of TomorrowYuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodJames Gleick
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from DisorderNassim Nicholas Taleb
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital RevolutionWalter Isaacson
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)Liu Cixin
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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Out of Your MindAlan W. Watts
Out of Your Mind
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Jobs to be Done: Theory to PracticeAnthony W. Ulwick
Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice
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The Lean StartupEric Ries
The Lean Startup
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing NonfictionWilliam Zinsser
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)R.J. Palacio
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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Breasts and EggsMieko Kawakami
Breasts and Eggs
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NikePhil Knight
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeWalter Isaacson
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air
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Leonardo da VinciWalter Isaacson
Leonardo da Vinci
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanJames Gleick
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. MungerCharles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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Thinking In Systems: A PrimerDonella H. Meadows
Thinking In Systems: A Primer
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor Noah
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney CompanyRobert Iger
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad OnesJames Clear
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
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The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas EmergeMatt Ridley
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
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One Man's View of the WorldLee Kuan Yew
One Man's View of the World
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Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to EconomiesCésar A. Hidalgo
Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
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Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
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The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and HappinessMorgan Housel
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My LifeScott Adams
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
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The Lessons of HistoryWill Durant
The Lessons of History
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The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real HappinessIchiro Kishimi
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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PachinkoMin Jin Lee
Pachinko
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Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
Brave New World
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SiddharthaHermann Hesse
Siddhartha
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Memories of My Melancholy WhoresGabriel García Márquez
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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Bootcamp BootlegThe d.school
Bootcamp Bootleg
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IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire DesignIDEO
IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the WorldDavid Deutsch
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Principles: SummaryRay Dalio
Principles: Summary
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What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningHaruki Murakami
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To BePaul Arden
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FuturePeter Thiel
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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The Last LectureRandy Pausch
The Last Lecture
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Maths in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an InstantPaul Glendinning
Maths in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2John Tiffany
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
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Intercom on Customer SupportDes Traynor
Intercom on Customer Support
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Rules of Management: The Definitive Guide to Managerial SuccessRichard Templar
Rules of Management: The Definitive Guide to Managerial Success
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)Seth Godin
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageHaruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand IdentitiesDavid Airey
Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
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Intercom on Customer EngagementDes Traynor
Intercom on Customer Engagement
- Intercom on Product ManagementIntercom Inc Intercom on Product Management
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After DarkHaruki Murakami
After Dark
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On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April MorningHaruki Murakami
On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)Stephenie Meyer
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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The Elements of Style [Illustrated]William Strunk Jr.
The Elements of Style [Illustrated]
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Anansi BoysNeil Gaiman
Anansi Boys
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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20Tina Seelig
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
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The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
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The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
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Sophie's WorldJostein Gaarder
Sophie's World
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The Design of Everyday ThingsDonald A. Norman
The Design of Everyday Things
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The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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WatchmenAlan Moore
Watchmen
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Einstein’s DreamsAlan Lightman
Einstein’s Dreams
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The White TigerAravind Adiga
The White Tiger
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Steve JobsWalter Isaacson
Steve Jobs
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the WorldLiaquat Ahamed
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, #2)Eoin Colfer
The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, #2)
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens WorkbookSean Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Workbook
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IlustradoMiguel Syjuco
Ilustrado
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Rizal Without the OvercoatAmbeth R. Ocampo
Rizal Without the Overcoat
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Tess of the D'UrbervillesThomas Hardy
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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CK-12 Engineering: An Introduction for High SchoolCK-12 Foundation
CK-12 Engineering: An Introduction for High School
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The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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China Business: The Rules of the GameCarolyn Blackman
China Business: The Rules of the Game
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: UnmannedBrian K. Vaughan
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
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Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against LustJoshua Harris
Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against Lust
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The Art of WarSun Tzu
The Art of War
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The Bro CodeMatt Kuhn
The Bro Code
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The Five People You Meet in HeavenMitch Albom
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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For One More DayMitch Albom
For One More Day
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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the WorldDavid Kirkpatrick
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
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The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1)John Twelve Hawks
The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1)
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Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: CyclesBrian K. Vaughan
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small StepBrian K. Vaughan
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
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El Filibusterismo (Noli Me Tangere, #2)José Rizal
El Filibusterismo (Noli Me Tangere, #2)
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Ethics and Infinity: Conversations with Philippe NemoEmmanuel Levinas
Ethics and Infinity: Conversations with Philippe Nemo
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5)Eoin Colfer
The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5)
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest LessonMitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)D.J. MacHale
The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)
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The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, #6)Eoin Colfer
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, #6)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJ.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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South of the Border, West of the SunHaruki Murakami
South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldHaruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid TalesJon Scieszka
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
How to Win Friends & Influence People
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The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our TimeDavid A. Vise
The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our Time
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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The Greatest Salesman in the WorldOg Mandino
The Greatest Salesman in the World
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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A Walk to RememberNicholas Sparks
A Walk to Remember
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Red Wired: China's Internet RevolutionSherman So
Red Wired: China's Internet Revolution
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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CoralineNeil Gaiman
Coraline
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Who Moved My Cheese?Spencer Johnson
Who Moved My Cheese?
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Love Story (Love Story, #1)Erich Segal
Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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StardustNeil Gaiman
Stardust
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and IllusionsNeil Gaiman
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first CenturyThomas L. Friedman
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
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Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood
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The Lovely BonesAlice Sebold
The Lovely Bones
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceMalcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
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Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon
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Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)José Rizal
Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)
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Point Blank (Alex Rider #2)Anthony Horowitz
Point Blank (Alex Rider #2)
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Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1)Anthony Horowitz
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1)
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Revolting RhymesRoald Dahl
Revolting Rhymes
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The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)Eoin Colfer
The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)
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The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, #4)Eoin Colfer
The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, #4)
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Eleven MinutesPaulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes
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The Graveyard BookNeil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our DecisionsDan Ariely
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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Like the Flowing RiverPaulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River
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