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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F\*ck

Mark Manson

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

3.87

1.3M     Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

A Brief History of Humankind

4.34

1.2M     Atomic Habits

James Clear

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

4.33

1.1M     Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

4.01

880.7K     The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

4.01

839.3K     Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Story of Success

4.19

836.8K     Blink

Malcolm Gladwell

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

3.96

611.5K     Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

4.17

554.8K     The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

4.13

543.4K     The Art of War

Sun Tzu

3.95

541.9K     Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...

Spencer Johnson

3.87

497.9K     The 5 Love Languages

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The Secret to Love that Lasts

4.28

463.8K

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J.K. Rowling

4.47

10.9M

Immersive     Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

3.67

7.1M

Immersive     The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.93

5.7M

Immersive     1984

George Orwell

4.20

5.1M

Immersive     Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

4.29

4.6M

Immersive     The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.29

4.3M

Immersive     It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover

4.11

4.3M

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J.K. Rowling

4.43

4.3M

Immersive     Animal Farm

George Orwell

4.00

4.3M

Immersive     Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

4.34

3.9M

Immersive     The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

3.80

3.8M

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Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.40

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4.4

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4.49

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Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy

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3.55

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4.03

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Ames Mills

4.1

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10.9M

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3.67

7.1M

Immersive     The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.93

5.7M

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John Green

4.13

5.5M

Immersive     1984

George Orwell

4.20

5.1M

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Jane Austen

4.29

4.6M

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J.R.R. Tolkien

4.29

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Colleen Hoover

4.11

4.3M

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4.43

4.3M

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George Orwell

4.00

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Immersive     Catching Fire

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4.34

3.9M

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1.1M     The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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4.16

793.7K     The Power of Habit

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3.91

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4.17

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3.98

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Greg McKeown

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4.06

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Oliver Burkeman

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4.20

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3.70

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4.15

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4.15

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4.06

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4.00

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22.8K     Superintelligence

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4.06

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Baek Se-hee

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the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

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4.05

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3.78

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3.95

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3.89

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65.6K     A Return to Love

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4.25

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4.20

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