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Book Recommendations: What are some mind-
expanding books to read?
Please also add some details on the book and why you think it's mind-
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Last updated: 31 July 2013 from answers with 100+ upvotes
History
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the
Present: Jacques Barzun .
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires: Tim Wu .
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It
Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World: Steven Johnson .
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal
About the Future by Ian Morris (thanks to Quora User for recommendation)
A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark
Design
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction: Christopher Alexander .
Politics
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion:
Jonathan Haidt
Evolution
Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think
About Our Lives: David Sloan Wilson .
Philosophy and Psychology
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Ecological Rationality by Gerd Gigerenzer
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel Dennett
Just the Arguments byMichael Bruce and Steven Barbone
How to Win Every Argument by Madsen Pirie
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Truth About Everything by Matthew Stewart
Everything Must Go by James Ladyman and Don Ross
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter.
Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis: Eric
Berne .
Metaphors We Live By: George Lakoff, Mark Johnson .
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Joseph Campbell .
Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Education and Significance of Life by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Problem Solving
How to Solve It: G. Polya .
Puzzle Books
What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical
Puzzles: Raymond M. Smullyan .
Sexuality
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern
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