15 must-read nonfiction books like Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better by Bryan Caplan

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Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better

By: Bryan Caplan

3.62

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling auth…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better by Bryan Caplan , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Notes on the Cinematographer

By: J.M.G. Le Clézio , Robert Bresson , Jonathan Griffin

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

Robert Bresson makes some quite radical distinctions between what he terms "cinematography" and som… read more

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  • nonfiction

2. The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)

By: Robert A. Caro

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON… read more

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3. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

By: Charles T. Munger , None

4.42

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more

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  • economics
"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

4. The Timeless Way of Building

By: Christopher W. Alexander

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

In The Timeless Way of BuildingChristopher Alexander presents a new theory of architecture, buildin… read more

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5. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

By: Robert A. Caro

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more

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6. In the Blink of an Eye

By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

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7. War: How Conflict Shaped Us

By: Margaret MacMillan

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. There Is No Antimemetics Division

By: qntm

4.25

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, disc… read more

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"Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not you first day."

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"It’s not of reality, not of humanity. It is from a higher, worse place, and it is descending."

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"It began as an experiment in advanced propaganda. The objective was to cut through the physical conflict and find a way to rupture the ideological machine, to obliterate the idea of Nazism. After two…"

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"We don't have an Antimemetics Division," Clay says. "Yes, you do. We do." O5-8 says, "We have a Memetics Division, a Telekontainment Division, Fire Services, Ops-A, Ops-B, Personnel, D-personnel and …"

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

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9. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

By: Nick Bostrom

3.90

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A greyhound catching the mechanical lure—what would he actually do with it? Has he given this any t… read more

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11. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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12. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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13. Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early … read more

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14. Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life

By: Henry Oliver

3.86

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

"Henry Oliver is a rare smart, funny and insightful. HOW TO REINVENT YOURSELF showcases his wide r… read more

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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • economics
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16. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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17. Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better

By: Bryan Caplan

3.62

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling auth… read more

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18. Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

By: Kate Conger

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Rising star New York Times technology reporters, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tell for the first time … read more

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19. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more

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20. Kaput: The End of the German Miracle

By: Wolfgang Münchau

4.14

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

'Compelling' Guardian 'Eloquent and comprehensive' Financial Times 'Excellent' The Telegraph 'Aston… read more

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21. Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation

By: Byrne Hobart

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blue… read more

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