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Aaron Swartz

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A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy

Mathematics, Biography

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All Art Is Propaganda by George Orwell

Essays, Literature

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American Apartheid by Douglas S. Massey & Nancy A. Denton

Social Science, Politics, Race

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Bad Samaritans by Ha-Joon Chang

Business, Economics

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Becoming Attached by Robert Karen

Psychology

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Thrillingly good story, textbook on the science, and self- help guide all in oneβ€”I can't recommend this book enough.

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Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

Fiction

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Changing Places by David Lodge

Fiction

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Code by Charles Petzold

Programming,Technology,Mathematics

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A magnificent achievement.

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Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace

History, Philosophy

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DFW's suicide hit me very hard. I ended up coping by reading every piece of nonfiction he'd ever published. He was a brilliant, tortured man and I see so much of myself in him. His nonfiction was fantastic and I will consider my life a success if I can do half of what he did

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Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

Psychology, Social Science, History

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Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman

Social Science, Politics

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Absolutely fantastic. Could hardly put it down. Chuck Klosterman is definitely in the running for greatest living essayist.

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False Profits by Dean Baker

Politics, Economics

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If you only want to read one book about the economic crisis, this would be an excellent choice.

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False Prophets by James Hoopes

Business, Management

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Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone

Business, Mathematics

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Fantastic fun. Math, mafiosi, movies.

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How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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There's a reason this is a classic. It articulates a way of dealing with people, founded on concern and empathy, and convincingly argues that this kind style is actually the more productive one for getting things done.

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If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? by G. A. Cohen

Politics, Philosophy, Social Science

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In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders

Fiction

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Indefensible by David Feige

Law, Social Science

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If only there was a book this good on every career.

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Love at Goon Park by Deborah Blum

Social Science, Psychology, History

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Making Comics by Scott McCloud

Design, Gaphic Design, Art

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Any Scott McCloud book is a treasure, but this one is especially probing.

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Managing to Change the World by Alison Green & Jerry Hauser

Management

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The best book on the practicalities of management I've ever read. Whereas most books focus on vague and meaningless advice, this book is clear about the nuts and bolts.

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Microeconomics by Samuel Bowles

Economics

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Nixonland by Rick Perlstein

Politics

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Political Fictions by Joan Didion

Politics

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Damn, this book is good. Nobody knows how to take a book and skewer it like Didion.

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Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo

Social Science, Economics

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Secrets by Daniel Ellsberg

Biography, History, Politics

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Short by John Schwartz

Wellness

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Surely you've heard about the studies showing short people don't make as much as tall people. John Schwartz set out to write a book to cheer kids up about this fact, but looking into them he found it wasn't a fact at all.

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The Accidental Theorist by Paul Krugman

Business, Econimics

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The Big Con by David Maurer

Biography, Social Science

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Luc Sante's intro alone is worth the price of the book, but the rest of the book is fantastic as well. Everyone should know about con men.

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The Exile by Mark Ames & Matt Taibbi

History, Social Science

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The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig

Business, Management

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The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin

History, Literature

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The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

Psychology,Productivity

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The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Business, Management

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Ries presents a translation of the Toyota Production System to start-upsβ€”and it's so clearly the right way to run a start-up that it's hard to imagine how we got along before it.

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The Liberal Defence of Murder by Richard Seymour

Politics, Social Science

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This book is like a little miracle. I'm not even sure how to describe it, except to say that it turns one's understanding of history completely upside down.

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The Persistence of Poverty by Charles H. Karelis

Economics

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The Possessed by Elif Batuman

Literature, History

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The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

Social Science, Politics, Urban Planning

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I cannot possibly say enough good things about this book. Go read it. Right now.

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The Prince of the Marshes by Rory Stewart

History, Travel, Politics

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. Whyte

Social Science, Urban Planning, Politics

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If Feynman was a sociologist, this is probably the book he'd write. A delightful little thing.

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The Trial by Franz Kafka

Fiction

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This Is Your Country on Drugs by Ryan Grim

History, Health, Social Science

I would not have thought the world needed another book on drugs, but this one turns out to be basically perfect.

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To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson

Politics, Social Science, History

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What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer

Politics

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Which Side Are You on? by Thomas Geoghegan

Politics, Social Science, History

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Why Not Socialism? by G. A. Cohen

Social Science, Politics, Philosophy

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