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Simon's 150 Most Intelligent and Essential Non-Fiction Books - Page 4

The top 150 non-fiction & science books any erudite should read on a variety of topics ranging from.. well, the natural- and non-natural sciences, along with life & love. A mix of the great and the absolutely astounding. Don't forget the great reading tips!
The principal reason for adding the list was that the earlier one's tended to be uninteresting, substandard and/or plainly ignorant – and, more often than not, all three. For simplicity's sake, the list is tilted toward books written in US or UK and mainly consists of books published within the last decade.
This revised and updated list contains a few additions from a previous version.
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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street (John Brooks)
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street
John Brooks
122
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of I (Kelly McGonigal)
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of I
Kelly McGonigal
123
Against All Enemies
Against All Enemies
124
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
125
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart (Ian Ayres)
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Ian Ayres
126
The Invisible Gorilla
The Invisible Gorilla
127
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
128
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't (Robert I. Sutton)
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton
129
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Paul Tough)
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough
130
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner)
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner
131
Denialism (Michael Specter)
Denialism
Michael Specter
132
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth (Paul Hoffman)
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
Paul Hoffman
133
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
Malcom Gladwell
134
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane (Matthew Hutson)
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
Matthew Hutson
135
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'
136
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
Simon Singh
137
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
138
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics (Dan Savage)
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
Dan Savage
139
The Confidence Game (Maria Konnikova)
The Confidence Game
Maria Konnikova
140
RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy (C. David Heymann)
RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy
C. David Heymann
141
Parallel Worlds
Parallel Worlds
142
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges (Amy Cuddy)
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Amy Cuddy
143
The Demon Under the Microscope
The Demon Under the Microscope
144
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Jonathan Haidt)
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Jonathan Haidt
145
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge (William Poundstone)
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
William Poundstone
146
Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune (Ed Smith)
Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune
Ed Smith
147
A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours (John Allen Paulos)
A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
John Allen Paulos
148
The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction (Larry Young, Brian Alexander)
The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction
Larry Young, Brian Alexander
149
The Compass of Pleasure
The Compass of Pleasure
150
What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge (Marcus Du Sautoy)
What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge
Marcus Du Sautoy
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