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Books That Might Make Todd Feel a Bit Smarter (Wishful TBR)

Okay, in a way it's a scary idea. What if I read all of these and don't feel a bit smarter? I'm hoping it's worth the risk. As always, happy reading!
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100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists (Alex Danchev (Editor))
100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
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Alex Danchev (Editor)
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet (Pamela Paul)
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
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Pamela Paul
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel (Jane Smiley)
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
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Jane Smiley
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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Charles C. Mann
20th Century Poets and Poetics (Garry Geddes)
20th Century Poets and Poetics
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Garry Geddes
The 900 Days: The Siege of Lenningrad (Harrison Salisbury)
The 900 Days: The Siege of Lenningrad
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Harrison Salisbury
Accumulation and Power: Economic History of the United States (Richard B. Duboff)
Accumulation and Power: Economic History of the United States
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Richard B. Duboff
Adams Critical Theory Since Plato (Hazard Adams, Editor)
Adams Critical Theory Since Plato
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Hazard Adams, Editor
Adventures of Ideas (Alfred North Whitehead)
Adventures of Ideas
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Alfred North Whitehead
Advice From 1 Disciple of Marx to 1 Heidegger Fanatic (Mario Santiago Papasquiaro)
Advice From 1 Disciple of Marx to 1 Heidegger Fanatic
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Mario Santiago Papasquiaro
Aesthetic Theory (Theodor W. Adorno)
Aesthetic Theory
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Theodor W. Adorno
Aesthetics and Politics (Frederick Jameson)
Aesthetics and Politics
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Frederick Jameson
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
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John Kenneth Galbraith
After Babel (George Steiner)
After Babel
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George Steiner
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
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Jean-Paul Sartre
The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
The Age of Reason
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Thomas Paine
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Shoshana Zuboff)
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
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Shoshana Zuboff
Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
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Bell Hooks
American Fascists (Chris Hedges)
American Fascists
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Chris Hedges
American Hate (Arjun Singh Sethi)
American Hate
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Arjun Singh Sethi
The American Language (H.L. Mencken)
The American Language
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H.L. Mencken
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History (Molly Caldwell Crosby)
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History
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Molly Caldwell Crosby
American Purgatorio (John Haskell)
American Purgatorio
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John Haskell
An Anthropologist on Mars (Oliver Sacks)
An Anthropologist on Mars
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Oliver Sacks
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Col. Chris Hadfield)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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Col. Chris Hadfield
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice (Rudolf Rocker)
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice
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Rudolf Rocker
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Northrop Frye)
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays
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Northrop Frye
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
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Robert Burton
The Anti-Christ (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Anti-Christ
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Friedrich Nietzsche
The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
The Anxiety of Influence
30
Harold Bloom
The Archaeology of Knowledge & the Discourse on Language (Michel Foucault)
The Archaeology of Knowledge & the Discourse on Language
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Michel Foucault
Art and Illusion (E.H. Gombrich)
Art and Illusion
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E.H. Gombrich
Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces (Hodge, Susie)
Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces
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Hodge, Susie
The Art of Always Being Right (A C Grayling)
The Art of Always Being Right
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A C Grayling
The Art of Fiction (David Lodge)
The Art of Fiction
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David Lodge
The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (Helen Vendler)
The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets
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Helen Vendler
The Art of Statistics (David Spiegelhalter)
The Art of Statistics
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David Spiegelhalter
The Art of Thinking Clearly (Rolf Dobelli)
The Art of Thinking Clearly
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Rolf Dobelli
Artists on Art, From the XIV to the XX Century (Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves, Ed.S)
Artists on Art, From the XIV to the XX Century
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Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves, Ed.S
The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art (Mark Rothko)
The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
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Mark Rothko
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