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Recommended reading

Essential Nonfiction for Book Clubs

Non-fiction books that have changed how millions of people think — about science, society, justice, history and the natural world. Every book on this list has been used in reading groups and generates rich discussion.

Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl · 1946 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari · 2011 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman · 2011 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander · 2010 Editor's Choice See details →
The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson · 2010 Essential Read See details →
Caste Isabel Wilkerson · 2020 Recommended See details →
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson · 2014 Essential Read See details →
Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer · 2013 Essential Read See details →
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 Essential Read See details →
Educated Tara Westover · 2018 Essential Read See details →
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot · 2010 Recommended See details →
Evicted Matthew Desmond · 2016 Recommended See details →
Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann · 2017 Essential Read See details →
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2010 Recommended See details →
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan · 2006 Editor's Choice See details →
Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe · 2018 Recommended See details →
Atomic Habits James Clear · 2018 Editor's Choice See details →
Becoming Michelle Obama · 2018 Essential Read See details →

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