17 best-selling nonfiction books like 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

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Similar categories in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• self help
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• audiobook

"A compelling narrative fosters an illusion of inevitability."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it"

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

Similar categories in Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• history
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• science

"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• nonfiction
• history
• science
• audiobook

Similar categories in Daron Acemoğlu's Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• history
• politics
• nonfiction
• society
• sociology
• science

"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Similar categories in None's Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• science
• nonfiction
• psychology
• self help

"the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life span "

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia..."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day -- Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• science
• history
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• audiobook

"God abhors a naked singularity."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"

-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

Similar categories in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Similar categories in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• philosophy
• audiobook

"Pain was a fascinating horror"

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"Ending is better than mending."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"The more stitches, the less riches."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Similar categories in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• science
• history
• politics
• nonfiction
• audiobook

"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

Similar categories in Viktor E. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• science
• history
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• audiobook

"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• self help
• history
• politics
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• society
• sociology
• science

"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

Similar categories in Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• nonfiction
• psychology
• self help

"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

Similar categories in Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• self help
• politics
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• science

"Treat yourself like you would someone you're responsible for helping."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living - and the Ideal shames us all."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Sometimes, when people have a low opinion of their own worth—or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives—they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Similar categories in Hans Rosling's Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• self help
• history
• politics
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• science

"Free access to data doesn’t turn into knowledge without effort"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous poses a real risk."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency: otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, and frightening."

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

"Does saying "things are improving" imply that everything is fine, and we should all relax and not worry? No, not at all. Is it helpful to have to choose between bad and improving? Definitely not. It'…"

-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Similar categories in Rutger Bregman's Humankind: A Hopeful History book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• audiobook
• history
• politics
• psychology
• philosophy
• nonfiction
• society
• sociology
• science

"We are trained to see selfishness everywhere."

-Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History

"Toddlers don't need tests or grades to learn to walk or talk."

-Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History

"[...] het belangrijkste wat ouders hun kinderen kunnen geven: vertrouwen."

-Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History

"It's when crisis hits - when the bombs fall or the floodwaters rise - that we humans become our best selves."

-Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History

Similar categories in James Clear's Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• self help
• science
• psychology
• nonfiction
• audiobook

"Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more."

-James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

"Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way."

-James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

"Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement."

-James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

"Anyone can work hard when they feel motivated. It’s the ability to keep going when work isn’t exciting that makes the difference."

-James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Similar categories in In A Nutshell Publishing's Summary: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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• history
• audiobook

Similar categories in Dennis Braun's Summary of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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• nonfiction
• audiobook

Similar categories in Bhavana Gesota's The Art of Slow Travel: See the World and Savor the Journey On a Budget book and Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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