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Book Recommendations: What Are Some Mind- Expanding Books To 9/13/2014 What are some mind-expanding books to read? - Quora SHARE QUESTION ★ Book Recommendations: What are some mind- SIGN IN TO READ ALL OF QUORA. expanding books to read? Like 249 Continue with Google Tweet 2 Please also add some details on the book and why you think it's mind- expanding. QUESTION TOPICS Follow Question 8.3k Comments 64+ Continue with Facebook Learning English By continuing you indicate that you have read and agree to the Terms of Service. Book ANSWER WIKI Recommendations Sign Up with Email Books Last updated: 31 July 2013 from answers with 100+ upvotes BEST QUESTIONS IN BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS History From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the ★ What books does Balaji Viswanathan tell Present: Jacques Barzun . 16-20 year olds to read? The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires: Tim Wu . 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Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse The Wall, by Jean-Paul Sartre The Bone People, by Keri Hulme A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima The City and The City, by China Mieville Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain by Terrence W. Deacon At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity by Stuart Kauffman The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings by Mark Twain Irrational Man : A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Barrett Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Personal favorite: Born to Run - Christopher McDougall Best quick read: E-Myth Michael Gerber Best core idea: The Black Swan - Nassim Taleb Best fiction story: Deception Point Dan Brown Most inspiring (entrepreneurial): Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson; Zappos Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh Most interesting (behavioral): Why We Make Mistakes - Joseph Hallinan Most interesting (business): Founders at work - Jess Livingston Most interesting (psychological): Mindstorms - Seymour Papert Most dense with information: Economic Facts and Fallacies - Thomas Sowell; Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Most valuable (entrepreneurial): Rework Jason Fried; Four Steps to Epiphany Steve Blank; Most valuable (growth stage business): Good To Great - Jim Collins Most empowering: 48 laws of Power Robert Greene; The art of war Tsu Most sexual: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max Most disappointing: Eight Weeks to Optimum Health Andrew Weil Most useless: How I Made My First Million on the Internet EWEN CHIA Most overrated: Super Freakanomics Levitt & Dubner; The Knack Norm Brodsky 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Power of Full Engagement Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing (5th Edition) Thomas Nagle Leaving Microsoft to Change the World John Wood Losing My Virginity Richard Branson E-Myth Michael Gerber Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Al Ries & Jack Trout How I Made My First Million on the Internet EWEN CHIA Strategy for Sustainability Adam Werbach Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki Super Freakanomics Levitt & Dubner I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max Why We Make Mistakes Joseph Hallinan Deception Point Dan Brown Audacity of Hope Barack Obama Vagabonding Rolf Potts Good To Great Jim Collins http://www.quora.com/Book-Recommendations/What-are-some-mind-expanding-books-to-read 3/63 9/13/2014 What are some mind-expanding books to read? - Quora Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Eight Weeks to Optimum Health Andrew Weil A Whole New Mind Daniel Pink Zappos Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh Economic Facts and Fallacies Thomas Sowell Game Change James Heilemann Getting Things Done David Allen How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie Linchpin Seth Godin Born to Run - Christopher McDougall Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Rework Jason Fried 4 hour work week Tim Ferriss The Knack Norm Brodsky Success Principles Jack Canfield The Talent Code Daniel Coyle 10 Faces of Innovation Tom Kelly The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell Too Big To Fail Andrew Sorkin What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell 4 steps to epiphany Steve Blank 48 laws of Power Robert Greene The art of war Tsu Innovators Dilemma Paypal wars Eric Jackson Who Says elephants can't dance Louis Gerstener Founders at work Jess Livingston The Big Short (2010 Book) by Michael Lewis (author) Cognitive Surplus: Creativity & Generosity in a Connected Age - Clay Shirky The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely (author) The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande The Curse of the Mogul by Jonathan Knee, et.
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