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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman · 2011 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl · 1946 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk · 2014 Essential Read See details →
Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 1990 Essential Read See details →

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Oliver Sacks · 1985 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
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Lady Audley's secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 1862 Recommended See details →
Lord of the Flies William Golding · 1954 Recommended See details →
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Metamagical Themas Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1985 Recommended See details →
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Nonviolent Communication Marshall B. Rosenberg · 1999 Recommended See details →
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Psychopathia sexualis Richard von Krafft-Ebing · 1886 Recommended See details →
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