10 must-read nonfiction books like Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it by Lars A. Doucet

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Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it

By: Lars A. Doucet

3.97

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

The conflicts of the last century have trained us to see capital and labor as two fundamentally opp…

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1. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more

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2. Progress and Poverty

By: Henry George

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

This classic work is an enquiry into the cause of industrial depressions and the persistence of pov… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
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3. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

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5. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

By: Joseph Henrich

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, ofte… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Unsong

By: Scott Alexander

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Aaron Smith-Teller works in a kabbalistic sweatshop in Silicon Valley, where he and hundreds of oth… read more

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7. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

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8. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

By: Edward Chancellor

4.00

Format: 371 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
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9. Skysworn (Cradle, #4)

By: Will Wight

3.57

Format: 384 pages,

With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangero… read more

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10. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

By: Eliezer Yudkowsky

3.86

Format: 258 pages, ebook

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a work of alternate-universe Harry Potter fan-fictio… read more

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11. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.42

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more

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"Time is the cruelest force of all."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"The whole universe is in darkness, but we remain lit. We're a tiny bird tied to a branch in the dark forest, with a spotlight trained on on us."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

12. Blackflame (Cradle, #3)

By: Will Wight

3.77

Format: 352 pages,

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13. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more

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14. Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)

By: Will Wight

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

Outside Sacred Valley, ancient ruins rise from the earth, drawing sacred artists from miles around … read more

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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • economics
"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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16. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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17. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • economics
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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18. Dreadgod (Cradle, #11)

By: Will Wight

4.64

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The battle in the heavens has left a target on Lindon’s back. His most reliable ally is gone, th… read more

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19. Wintersteel (Cradle, #8)

By: Will Wight

4.70

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

As the Uncrowned King tournament reaches its final rounds, tensions between the competing factions … read more

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20. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

By: Kevin Simler

3.98

Format: 408 pages, ebook

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed … read more

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  • economics
"In Debt, the anthropologist David Graeber tells the story of Tei Reinga, a Maori villager and “notorious glutton"

-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

"Take school, for instance. We say that the function of school is to teach valuable skills and knowledge. Yet students don't remember most of what they're taught, and most of what they do remember isn…"

-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

"Social status among humans actually comes in two flavors: dominance and prestige.12 Dominance is the kind of status we get from being able to intimidate others (think Joseph Stalin), and on the low-s…"

-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

"The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is o…"

-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

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21. Bloodline (Cradle, #9)

By: Will Wight

4.51

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time to go back home. In the years since Lindon left Sacred Valley, he has attained power b… read more

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22. Uncrowned (Cradle, #7)

By: Will Wight

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Emriss Silentborn, Memory of the World. Tiberian Arelius, the fallen Patriarch. Akura Malice, Queen… read more

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23. Underlord (Cradle, #6)

By: Will Wight

4.62

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A tournament approaches. All around the world, great clans and sects prepare their disciples to fi… read more

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24. Waybound (Cradle, #12)

By: Will Wight

4.64

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in the Cradle series! Years ago, Lindon left his home as a powerless Unsouled. No… read more

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25. Reaper (Cradle, #10)

By: Will Wight

4.68

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Sacred Valley has been saved…at least, what’s left of it. With his home finally secure, Lindon d… read more

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"Accepting an unpleasant situation you are powerless to change is not treachery, it is maturity."

-Will Wight, Reaper (Cradle, #10)

"And now he felt the third advancement in him. He almost said the words: I will never stop. But the Archlord revelation was all about his future, and this one wasn't to his liking. So he changed it. "…"

-Will Wight, Reaper (Cradle, #10)

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26. Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past

By: J. Storrs Hall

4.08

Format: 609 pages, Kindle Edition

Back in the 60s we were all sure there would be flying cars in our future. Were the futurists and S… read more

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  • economics
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27. Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

By: Will Wight

4.56

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Long ago, the Monarch Northstrider created a world of his own. This world, known as Ghostwater, ho… read more

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"Truth does not care for your feelings"

-Will Wight, Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

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28. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

By: Bryan Caplan

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic n… read more

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29. Theft of Fire

By: Devon Eriksen

4.23

Format: 500 pages, ebook

At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or th… read more

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30. Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it

By: Lars A. Doucet

3.97

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

The conflicts of the last century have trained us to see capital and labor as two fundamentally opp… read more

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