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What books did you learn most from?

Whether it's a course textbook or a fictional romance, we remember books that impact us deeply. Which books do you remember being forever changed by due to learning something new – either about yourself, the world or a new skill?

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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
  • Amanda Ripley
4.2316 reads
INFORMATION THEORY, INFERENCE, AND LEARNING ALGORITHMS.
INFORMATION THEORY, INFERENCE, AND LEARNING ALGORITHMS.
  • David J.C. MacKay
52 reads
Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
  • Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
4.3228 reads
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
  • Gerald Durrell
4.1155 reads
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
  • Mario Livio
3.512 reads
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
  • Anthony Doerr
4.21755 reads
On Dialogue
On Dialogue
  • David Bohm
4.252 reads
Starfish
Starfish
  • Akemi Dawn Bowman
4.2518 reads
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
  • W. Timothy Gallwey
4.1845 reads
Expecting Better
Expecting Better
  • Emily Oster
4.2258 reads
Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
  • Michael A. Singer
2.88 reads
Dvēseles integrācija
Dvēseles integrācija
  • Sals Rakeli
  • Ilze Trēziņa-Zirdziņa (Translator)
51 read
Ishmael
Ishmael
  • Daniel Quinn
3.95101 reads
Breath
Breath
  • James Nestor
3.81140 reads
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
  • Cathy O'Neil
3.7299 reads
Invisible Child
Invisible Child
  • Andrea Elliott
4.9612 reads
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
  • Dave Pelzer
3.66190 reads
The Last Black Unicorn
The Last Black Unicorn
    3.751 reads
    Mornings in Jenin
    Mornings in Jenin
    • Susan Abulhawa
    4.3818 reads
    Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
    Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
    • Angela Y. Davis
    3.53 reads
    Holding Up the Universe
    Holding Up the Universe
    • Jennifer Niven
    3.6467 reads
    How Do You Live?
    How Do You Live?
    • Genzaburo Yoshino
    3.7347 reads
    The Scout Mindset
    The Scout Mindset
    • Julia Galef
    4.0832 reads
    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
    • Barbara Ehrenreich
    3.61131 reads