11 must-read business books like The 10 Rules of Successful Nations by Ruchir Sharma

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The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

By: Ruchir Sharma

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The 10 Rules of Successful Nations offers a pithy guide to real-world economics, adapted from the N…

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Aurélie Maréchal

1. 30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute

By: Donald Marron , Adam Fishwick , Christakis Georgiou , Katie Huston , Aurélie Maréchal

3.66

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory, and The Invisible Hand? Sure,… read more

Similar categories in Donald Marron's 30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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2. Bad Science

By: Ben Goldacre

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Full of spleen, this is a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldacre's Bad Science book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
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3. The Persian Expedition

By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell

4.18

Format: None pages,

In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more

Similar categories in Xenophon's The Persian Expedition book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Semi-Finalist in the Science & Technology category in the Choice Awards. Foreword by Steven Pinker,… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business

5. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

By: Charles Wheelan

3.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, … read more

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6. Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine Amer… read more

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7. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • geography
  • economics
"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"

-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

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8. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innov… read more

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Total annihilation has a way of sharpening people's minds."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"So if you want to know the truth about the universe, about the meaning of life, and about your own identity, the best place to start is by observing suffering and exploring what it is. The answer isn…"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"To survive and flourish in such a world, you will need a lot of mental flexibility and great reserves of emotional balance. You will have to repeatedly let go of some of what you know best, and feel …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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9. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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10. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more

Similar categories in Tony Fadell's Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
  • business
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11. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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12. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

By: Erika Fatland

4.28

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more

Similar categories in Erika Fatland's Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

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13. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • geography
  • economics
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14. Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth

By: Dan McCrum

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'The financial investigation of the decade... Money Men instantly enters the canon of great financi… read more

Similar categories in Dan McCrum's Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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15. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Butcher's What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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16. The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade

By: Rohit Bhargava

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This is a handbook for visionaries. Making outlandish predictions about the future is easy. Predic… read more

Similar categories in Rohit Bhargava's The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • nonfiction
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17. Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

By: Reeves Wiedeman

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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18. Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality

By: Hector Macdonald

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Nudge, Sway, and The Art of Thinking Clearly, a fascinating dive into the many ways in … read more

Similar categories in Hector Macdonald's Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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19. Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic---and Prevented Economic Disaster

By: Nick Timiraos

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inside story, told with “insight, perspective, and stellar reporting,” of how an unassuming civ… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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20. The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

By: Ruchir Sharma

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The 10 Rules of Successful Nations offers a pithy guide to real-world economics, adapted from the N… read more

Similar categories in Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations book and Ruchir Sharma's The 10 Rules of Successful Nations

  • history
  • politics
  • political science
  • india
  • nonfiction
  • geography
  • economics
  • business
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21. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business

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4.18

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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Tim Marshall

4.20

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

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Morgan Housel

4.19

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Walt Bogdanich

3.80

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

Oliver Bullough

4.00

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The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

Javier Blas

4.34

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