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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 (Adam Benforado)
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King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
3
Easy Way to Stop Drinking (Alan Carr)
Easy Way to Stop Drinking (Alan Carr)
4
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (Alan Carr)
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (Alan Carr)
5
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
6
The Book (Alan Watts)
The Book (Alan Watts)
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The Way of Zen (Alan Watts)
The Way of Zen (Alan Watts)
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The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
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The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
10
The Book of the Law (Aleister Crowley)
The Book of the Law (Aleister Crowley)
11
There Are No Children Here (Alex Kotlowitz)
There Are No Children Here (Alex Kotlowitz)
12
What Is Communist Anarchism (Alexander Berkman)
What Is Communist Anarchism (Alexander Berkman)
13
Language, Truth & Logic (Alfred Jules Ayer)
Language, Truth & Logic (Alfred Jules Ayer)
14
Science and Sanity (Alfred Korzybski)
Science and Sanity (Alfred Korzybski)
15
The Unthinkable (Amanda Ripley)
The Unthinkable (Amanda Ripley)
16
The Right to Sex (Amia Srinivasan)
The Right to Sex (Amia Srinivasan)
17
Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin)
Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin)
18
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (Andrea Lee Smith)
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (Andrea Lee Smith)
19
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm)
20
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality (Andy Clark)
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality (Andy Clark)
21
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
22
The Palestine Laboratory (Anthony Loewenstein)
The Palestine Laboratory (Anthony Loewenstein)
23
The Wisdom of Life (Arthur Schopenhauer)
The Wisdom of Life (Arthur Schopenhauer)
24
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata (Assata Shakur)
25
Ending Aging (Aubrey De Grey)
Ending Aging (Aubrey De Grey)
26
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Aubrey Gordon)
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Aubrey Gordon)
27
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 (Barbara Butcher)
28
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
29
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
30
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
31
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 (Ben Rawlence)
32
Imagined Communities (Benedict Anderson)
Imagined Communities (Benedict Anderson)
33
Bias (Bernard Goldberg)
Bias (Bernard Goldberg)
34
Why Materialism Is Baloney (Bernardo Kastrup)
Why Materialism Is Baloney (Bernardo Kastrup)
35
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
36
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
37
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home (Bill Bryson)
38
Die With Zero (Bill Perkins)
Die With Zero (Bill Perkins)
39
Biocentrism (Bob Berman Robert Lanza)
Biocentrism (Bob Berman Robert Lanza)
40
Love Does (Bob Goff)
Love Does (Bob Goff)
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