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Books to Understand the Modern World

Books to understand the modern world which is to say this modern world that we live in right now, you see.
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
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Franz Kafka
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
2
Sylvia Plath
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
4
Homer
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
5
Chinua Achebe
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
6
Rebecca Skloot
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
7
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
8
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
9
Roxane Gay
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
10
Franz Kafka
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
11
Yuval Noah Harari
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
12
Anne Frank
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
13
Hermann Hesse
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
14
Oliver Sacks
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
15
Kurt Vonnegut
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
16
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
17
Jared Diamond
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
18
Dale Carnegie
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
20
Rebecca Solnit
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
21
Jorge Luis Borges
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
22
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
23
Khaled Hosseini
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
24
Sun Tzu
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
25
Yuval Noah Harari
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
26
Daniel Kahneman
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
27
Bill Bryson
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
28
Plato
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
29
Elizabeth Kolbert
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness
30
Janet Mock
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
31
Richard Dawkins
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
32
Charlotte Brontë
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
33
Azar Nafisi
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
34
Nicolo Machiavelli
The Silk Roads (Peter Frankopan)
The Silk Roads
35
Peter Frankopan
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score
36
Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
38
George Orwell
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
39
Marcus Aurelius
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
40
Robin Wall Kimmerer
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