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Books to Enjoy This Summer: The TED Reading List - Page 2

Whether your weeks ahead contain travel, vacations or just longer and lazier days than usual, our list of recommendations from TED speakers has books for all moods, activities and tastes.
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
41
Ursula K. Le Guin
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
42
Mary Shelley
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
43
Gary Shteyngart
A Door Into Ocean (Joan Slonczewski)
A Door Into Ocean
44
Joan Slonczewski
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Charles Baudelaire)
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
45
Charles Baudelaire
Guidebook to Relative Strangers (Camille Dungy)
Guidebook to Relative Strangers
46
Camille Dungy
The Imam and the Indian (Amitav Ghosh)
The Imam and the Indian
47
Amitav Ghosh
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling (Philip Pullman)
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling
48
Philip Pullman
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat
49
Daniel James Brown
Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion (Michelle Dean)
Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion
50
Michelle Dean
Grit (Gillian French)
Grit
51
Gillian French
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
52
Zora Neale Hurston
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India (Joseph Lelyveld)
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India
53
Joseph Lelyveld
No Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement (Joseph Shapird)
No Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
54
Joseph Shapird
The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us (Diana Beresford-Kroeger)
The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us
55
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Aaaaw to Zzzzzd: The Words of Birds: North America, Britain and Northern Europe (John Bevis)
Aaaaw to Zzzzzd: The Words of Birds: North America, Britain and Northern Europe
56
John Bevis
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness (Qing Li)
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
57
Qing Li
The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition (Peter Wohlleben)
The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition
58
Peter Wohlleben
The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change (Bharat Anand)
The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change
59
Bharat Anand
Enough Is Enough (Karen Finley)
Enough Is Enough
60
Karen Finley
American Hardcore: A Tribal History (Steven Blush)
American Hardcore: A Tribal History
61
Steven Blush
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility (Patty McCord)
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
62
Patty McCord
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley (Antonio Garcia Martinez)
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
63
Antonio Garcia Martinez
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Nick Boström)
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
64
Nick Boström
Automating Inequality (Virginia Eubanks)
Automating Inequality
65
Virginia Eubanks
The Future (Neil Hilborn)
The Future
66
Neil Hilborn
The War on Normal People (Andrew Yang)
The War on Normal People
67
Andrew Yang
A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia (Sandy Allen)
A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia
68
Sandy Allen
Wonder (R.J. Palacio)
Wonder
69
R.J. Palacio
Look Me in the Eye
Look Me in the Eye
70
A Return to Love
A Return to Love
71
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
72
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sorry Not Sorry (Naya Rivera)
Sorry Not Sorry
73
Naya Rivera
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
Women Who Run With the Wolves
74
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
If I Stay (Gayle Forman)
If I Stay
75
Gayle Forman
The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts Are Bad for Business (Gabrielle Palmer)
The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts Are Bad for Business
76
Gabrielle Palmer
Marching on (James Boyd)
Marching On
77
James Boyd
A Whole Other Ball Game: Women's Literature on Women's Sports (Joli Sandoz)
A Whole Other Ball Game: Women's Literature on Women's Sports
78
Joli Sandoz
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, (W.Kamau Bell)
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender,
79
W.Kamau Bell
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Rutger Bregman)
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
80
Rutger Bregman
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