Educated by Tara Westover
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Army of None by Paul Scharre
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The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe
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Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
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Factfulness by Hans Rosling
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
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Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
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Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
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Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
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The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal
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Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
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A Full Life by Jimmy Carter
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
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How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life by Jordan Ellenberg
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The Power to Compete: An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy by Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani
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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
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The Road to Character by David Brooks
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
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Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
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Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? by Nancy Leys Stepan
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