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Simon's 150 Most Intelligent and Essential Non-Fiction Books - Page 2

The top 150 non-fiction & science books any erudite should read on a variety of topics ranging from.. well, the natural- and non-natural sciences, along with life & love. A mix of the great and the absolutely astounding. Don't forget the great reading tips!
The principal reason for adding the list was that the earlier one's tended to be uninteresting, substandard and/or plainly ignorant – and, more often than not, all three. For simplicity's sake, the list is tilted toward books written in US or UK and mainly consists of books published within the last decade.
This revised and updated list contains a few additions from a previous version.
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No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller (Harry Markopolos)
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
41
Harry Markopolos
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
42
Malcolm Gladwell
The Female Brain (Louann Brizendine)
The Female Brain
43
Louann Brizendine
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer (Bart D Ehrman)
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
44
Bart D Ehrman
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Jonathan Haidt)
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
45
Jonathan Haidt
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential (Richard Restak)
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
46
Richard Restak
David and Goliath (Malcolm Gladwell)
David and Goliath
47
Malcolm Gladwell
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
48
Richard Dawkins
Kissinger: A Biography (Walter Isaacson)
Kissinger: A Biography
49
Walter Isaacson
The Wisdom of Psychopaths (Kevin Dutton)
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
50
Kevin Dutton
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain (Michael S. Gazzaniga)
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
51
Michael S. Gazzaniga
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Burton G. Malkiel)
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
52
Burton G. Malkiel
Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
53
The Surrender Experiment My Journey Into Life's Perfection (Michael A. Singer)
The Surrender Experiment My Journey Into Life's Perfection
54
Michael A. Singer
Superfreakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Superfreakonomics
55
Steven D. Levitt
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
56
Eric Weiner
Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational
57
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy (Barry Ritholtz)
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
58
Barry Ritholtz
The Evolution of God (Robert Wright)
The Evolution of God
59
Robert Wright
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Daniel H. Pink)
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
60
Daniel H. Pink
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Mar
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Mar
61
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
62
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman (James Gleick)
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman
63
James Gleick
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay (Frank Partnoy)
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
64
Frank Partnoy
What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Richard Feynman)
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
65
Richard Feynman
The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals (Frank Partnoy)
The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
66
Frank Partnoy
The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality
67
Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality (Robert Sapolsky)
Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality
68
Robert Sapolsky
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
69
Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris)
Letter to a Christian Nation
70
Sam Harris
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It (Scott Patterson)
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
71
Scott Patterson
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life From the Landmark Eight... (Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin)
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life From the Landmark Eight...
72
Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
73
Richard Feynman
Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House
74
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
75
Naomi Klein
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
76
Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
77
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
78
Carol Dweck
Fermat's Last Theorem (Simon Singh)
Fermat's Last Theorem
79
Simon Singh
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near
80
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