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Reddit 100 Non-Fiction Books to Better Yourself

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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
1
Marcus Aurelius
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
2
Bill Bryson
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
3
Elie Wiesel
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
4
Niccolò Machiavelli
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
5
Christopher Mcdougall
The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)
The Four Agreements
6
Don Miguel Ruiz
Drew Barrymore - Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E Frankl)
Drew Barrymore - Man's Search for Meaning
7
Viktor E Frankl
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
8
Stephen Hawking
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends & Influence People
9
Dale Carnegie
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
10
Richard Feynman
The Art of Deception
The Art of Deception
11
How Not to Write a Novel (Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark)
How Not to Write a Novel
12
Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
13
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
14
Steven Pinker
A People's History of the World (Chris Harman)
A People's History of the World
15
Chris Harman
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
16
Jared Diamond
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
17
Richard Dawkins
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
18
Alan Weisman
How to Lie With Statistics
How to Lie With Statistics
19
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
20
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening (Stephen Batchelor)
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
21
Stephen Batchelor
Influence (Robert Cialdini)
Influence
22
Robert Cialdini
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Edward Tufte)
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
23
Edward Tufte
Judgment Under Uncertainty (Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, & Amos TVersky)
Judgment Under Uncertainty
24
Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, & Amos TVersky
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
25
Howard Zinn
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
26
Barbara Ehrenreich
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
27
Art Spiegelman
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
28
Marjane Satrapi
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
29
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Richard Feynman)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
30
Richard Feynman
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
31
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
32
Daniel Kahneman
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
33
Robert M. Pirsig
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth
34
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
35
Stephen Covey
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
36
Steven D. Levitt
The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
The War of Art
37
Steven Pressfield
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
38
Why the West Rules, for Now (Ian Morris)
Why the West Rules, for Now
39
Ian Morris
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
40
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