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60 Solid Reads to Keep You Sharp

These are "the books that will make you smarter," or as the title states; keep you sharp. If you go through these 60 books it would surely be to your benefit.
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
1
Stephen Hawking
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
2
Carl Sagan
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
3
Bill Bryson
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
4
Richard Dawkins
Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
5
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Bill Nye)
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
6
Bill Nye
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
7
Carl Sagan
The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate
8
Antifragile (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
Antifragile
9
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Information (James Gleich)
The Information
10
James Gleich
The Innovators (Walter Isaacson)
The Innovators
11
Walter Isaacson
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
12
Howard Zinn
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
13
Bryan Stevenson
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
14
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
15
Alexander
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost
16
Adam Hochschild
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
17
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Sapiens, a Short Story of Mankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens, a Short Story of Mankind
18
Yuval Noah Harari
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
19
Jared Diamond
Disappearing Spoon
Disappearing Spoon
20
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
21
Daniel Kahneman
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
22
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
23
Malcolm Gladwell
Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the 21st Century
24
Thomas Piketty
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don'
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don'
25
Age of Ambition (Evan Osnos)
Age of Ambition
26
Evan Osnos
Abundance
Abundance
27
ELON MUSK (Ashlee Vance)
ELON MUSK
28
Ashlee Vance
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
29
Toni Morrison
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
30
Ralph Ellison
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
31
Richard Wright
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
32
Charles Johnson
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
33
Edward P. Jones
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
34
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
35
Paul Beatty
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
36
Albert Camus
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
37
David Foster Wallace
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
38
James Joyce
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
39
David Mitchell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
40
George Orwell
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