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40 Life Changing Books You Should Read in 2018 and Beyond

What's it like to have a glimpse into the top books of all time without having to spend hours searching? Well, this all-encompassing and curated selection of 40 Life-Altering Reads enriched with: Why Should You Read the Book, A Short Summary, A Relevant Quote, and About the Author Paragraphs, will serve a purpose.
It will undoubtedly expand your horizons and help you to get a bird's eye view of your life.
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
1
Marcus Aurelius
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations
2
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
3
Immanuel Kant
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
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The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
5
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
6
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman (James Gleick)
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman
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James Gleick
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor Frankl
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
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Paul Kalanithi
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
11
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
12
Malcolm Gladwell
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
13
Oliver Sacks
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Robert M. Sapolsky)
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
14
Robert M. Sapolsky
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
15
Charles Darwin
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
16
Richard Dawkins
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
17
Rachel Carson
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
18
Elizabeth Kolbert
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
19
Yuval Noah Harari
Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen (James Suzman)
Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen
20
James Suzman
The Golden Bough (James Frazer)
The Golden Bough
21
James Frazer
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
22
Joseph Campbell
A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
23
The Age of Extremes a History of the World 1914 - 1991 (Eric Hobsbawm)
The Age of Extremes a History of the World 1914 - 1991
24
Eric Hobsbawm
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
25
Jared Diamond
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
26
Eric Weiner
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Gregory Clark)
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
27
Gregory Clark
Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the 21st Century
28
Thomas Piketty
The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor
29
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
30
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
31
Plato
The Righteous Mind (Haidt)
The Righteous Mind
32
Haidt
Why Is Sex Fun? the Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
Why Is Sex Fun? the Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
33
Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn
34
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
35
Virginia Woolf
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
36
Simone De Beauvoir
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
37
Marcel Proust
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
38
George Orwell
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
39
Marie Kondo
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide Do Intelligent Reading (Mortimer J. Adler)
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide Do Intelligent Reading
40
Mortimer J. Adler
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