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Books That Will Help You Understand Basically Everything

Life is confusing and most of us only begin to scratch the surface of history, mathematics, science, philosophy, and spirituality. But I think this list will explain everything pretty succinctly.
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The Abolition of Man (CS Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
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CS Lewis
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
2
The Age of Spiritual Machines: How We Will Live, Work, and Think in Th
The Age of Spiritual Machines: How We Will Live, Work, and Think in Th
3
Ain't I a Woman (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman
4
Bell Hooks
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
5
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death
6
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
7
Confucius
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
8
Sun Tzu
The Arthashastra (Kautilya)
The Arthashastra
9
Kautilya
The Ascent of Money
The Ascent of Money
10
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
11
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
12
Gertrude Stein
Barking Up the Wrong Tree (Eric Barker)
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
13
Eric Barker
The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
The Beauty Myth
14
Naomi Wolf
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
15
Anonymous
Biocentrism (Bob Berman Robert Lanza)
Biocentrism
16
Bob Berman Robert Lanza
Bloom Closing of the American Mind
Bloom Closing of the American Mind
17
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
18
Stephen Hawking
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
19
Dee Brown
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
20
Capitalism: A Ghost Story (Arundhati Roy)
Capitalism: A Ghost Story
21
Arundhati Roy
City of God
City of God
22
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
23
Dr. Benjamin Spock
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
24
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm
25
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life (Yiyun Li)
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life
26
Yiyun Li
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
27
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
28
Anne Frank
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method
29
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
30
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
31
Tom Wolfe
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
32
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
33
Betty Friedan
Gender Trouble (Judith Butler)
Gender Trouble
34
Judith Butler
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
35
Richard Dawkins
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
36
Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
37
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
38
Jared Diamond
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
39
Joseph Campbell
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
40
George Orwell
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