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Nonfiction Books That Changed the Way You View the World (Reddit 2024)

At the end of December 2024, on the Reddit sub r/suggestmeabook someone posted a call for "Books that changed the way you viewed the world (nonfiction)"
And the sub provided. This is a list of the responses, deduped and curated to only include nonfiction - as classified. I did see some discussion as to whether or not a book had been "debunked", but I didn't consider that my place to include or exclude a book based on those arguments. The assignment was simply to list a book that CHANGED YOUR VIEW.
I did not include books: where someone said "anything by" a specific author; an entire series; or an author was not given and I could not reasonably verify. If I missed anything else, I apologize, I'm human and I make mistakes and things could have been added since I looked at the list.
I see many new books to add to my list! Enjoy!
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A Minor Revolution: How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All (Adam Benforado)
A Minor Revolution: How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All
1
Adam Benforado
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost
2
Adam Hochschild
Easy Way to Stop Drinking (Alan Carr)
Easy Way to Stop Drinking
3
Alan Carr
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (Alan Carr)
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
4
Alan Carr
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
Jerusalem
5
Alan Moore
The Book (Alan Watts)
The Book
6
Alan Watts
The Way of Zen (Alan Watts)
The Way of Zen
7
Alan Watts
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
8
Alan Weisman
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
9
Albert Camus
The Book of the Law (Aleister Crowley)
The Book of the Law
10
Aleister Crowley
There Are No Children Here (Alex Kotlowitz)
There Are No Children Here
11
Alex Kotlowitz
What Is Communist Anarchism (Alexander Berkman)
What Is Communist Anarchism
12
Alexander Berkman
Language, Truth & Logic (Alfred Jules Ayer)
Language, Truth & Logic
13
Alfred Jules Ayer
Science and Sanity (Alfred Korzybski)
Science and Sanity
14
Alfred Korzybski
The Unthinkable (Amanda Ripley)
The Unthinkable
15
Amanda Ripley
The Right to Sex (Amia Srinivasan)
The Right to Sex
16
Amia Srinivasan
Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin)
Right-Wing Women
17
Andrea Dworkin
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (Andrea Lee Smith)
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
18
Andrea Lee Smith
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
19
Andreas Malm
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality (Andy Clark)
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
20
Andy Clark
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
21
Anne Frank
The Palestine Laboratory (Anthony Loewenstein)
The Palestine Laboratory
22
Anthony Loewenstein
The Wisdom of Life (Arthur Schopenhauer)
The Wisdom of Life
23
Arthur Schopenhauer
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
24
Assata Shakur
Ending Aging (Aubrey De Grey)
Ending Aging
25
Aubrey De Grey
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Aubrey Gordon)
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
26
Aubrey Gordon
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator (Barbara Butcher)
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
27
Barbara Butcher
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
Nothing to Envy
28
Barbara Demick
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
29
Barbara Ehrenreich
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
30
Bell Hooks
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth (Ben Rawlence)
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
31
Ben Rawlence
Imagined Communities (Benedict Anderson)
Imagined Communities
32
Benedict Anderson
Bias (Bernard Goldberg)
Bias
33
Bernard Goldberg
Why Materialism Is Baloney (Bernardo Kastrup)
Why Materialism Is Baloney
34
Bernardo Kastrup
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score
35
Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
36
Bill Bryson
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home
37
Bill Bryson
Die With Zero (Bill Perkins)
Die With Zero
38
Bill Perkins
Biocentrism (Bob Berman Robert Lanza)
Biocentrism
39
Bob Berman Robert Lanza
Love Does (Bob Goff)
Love Does
40
Bob Goff
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