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207 books
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers Hamilton, Madison & Jay ★★★★★ 5
Superabundance
Superabundance Marian Tupy & Gale Pooley ★★★★★ 5
The Ancient City
The Ancient City Fustel de Coulanges ★★★★★ 5
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi ★★★★★ 5
The Doctrine and Covenants
The Doctrine and Covenants LDS Scripture ★★★★★ 5
The Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl of Great Price LDS Scripture ★★★★★ 5
Holy Bible (King James Version)
Holy Bible (King James Version) Various ★★★★★ 5
The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints
The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints Thomas Wayment ★★★★★ 5
Ender's Game
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card ★★★★★ 5
The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis ★★★★★ 5
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing ★★★★★ 5
Fermat's Last Theorem
Fermat's Last Theorem Simon Singh ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Factfulness Notes
Factfulness Hans Rosling ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference Chris Voss ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Score
The Score C. Thi Nguyen ★★★★ ½ 4.5
How Will You Measure Your Life?
How Will You Measure Your Life? Clayton Christensen ★★★★ ½ 4.5
False Alarm
False Alarm Bjorn Lomborg ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Wager
The Wager David Grann ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Jesus the Christ
Jesus the Christ James E. Talmage ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Book of Mormon (Godwin's Illustrated Edition)
The Book of Mormon (Godwin's Illustrated Edition) Godwin ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Infinite in All Directions
Infinite in All Directions Freeman Dyson ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky ★★★★ ½ 4.5
There Is No AntiMemtics Division Qntm
There Is No AntiMemtics Division Qntm ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Out of the Silence
Out of the Silence Eduardo Strauch ★★★★ ½ 4.5
A River in Darkness
A River in Darkness Masaji Ishikawa ★★★★ ½ 4.5
Discourses and Selected Writings
Discourses and Selected Writings Epictetus ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture Randy Pausch ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Road
The Road Cormac McCarthy ★★★★ ½ 4.5
The Meaning of It All
The Meaning of It All Richard Feynman ★★★★ 4
Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis
Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis Barry Mazur & William Stein ★★★★ 4
Prime Obsession
Prime Obsession John Derbyshire ★★★★ 4
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario Annie Jacobsen ★★★★ 4
A Conflict of Visions Notes
A Conflict of Visions Thomas Sowell ★★★★ 4
The Revolt of the Public
The Revolt of the Public Martin Gurri ★★★★ 4
The Box
The Box Marc Levinson ★★★★ 4
Saints, Vol. 1: The Standard of Truth
Saints, Vol. 1: The Standard of Truth The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ★★★★ 4
Deep Survival
Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales ★★★★ 4
Seven Miracles That Saved America
Seven Miracles That Saved America Chris Stewart & Ted Stewart ★★★★ 4
A Little History of the World
A Little History of the World E. H. Gombrich ★★★★ 4
Morning Star
Morning Star Pierce Brown ★★★★ 4
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein ★★★★ 4
Gates of Fire Notes
Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield ★★★★ 4
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism Gregory A. Prince & Wm. Robert Wright ★★★★ 4
The Character of Physical Law
The Character of Physical Law Richard Feynman ★★★ ½ 3.5
Physics from Finance
Physics from Finance Jacob Schwichtenberg ★★★ ½ 3.5
How the World Really Works
How the World Really Works Vaclav Smil ★★★ ½ 3.5
Same as Ever Notes
Same as Ever Morgan Housel ★★★ ½ 3.5
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Richard W. Hamming ★★★ ½ 3.5
Life at the Bottom
Life at the Bottom Theodore Dalrymple ★★★ ½ 3.5
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life Ron Chernow ★★★ ½ 3.5
The Gulag Archipelago (Vol. 2)
The Gulag Archipelago (Vol. 2) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ★★★ ½ 3.5
Freedom's Forge
Freedom's Forge Arthur Herman ★★★ ½ 3.5
How to Build a Car
How to Build a Car Adrian Newey ★★★ ½ 3.5
God Will Prevail Kerry Muhlestein
God Will Prevail Kerry Muhlestein ★★★ ½ 3.5
The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI 2019-2025 Dwarkesh Patel
The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI 2019-2025 Dwarkesh Patel ★★★ ½ 3.5
The Origins of Efficiency Potter
The Origins of Efficiency Potter ★★★ ½ 3.5
Zero to One
Zero to One Peter Thiel ★★★ ½ 3.5
Wanting
Wanting Luke Burgis ★★★ ½ 3.5
Inventing a Nation
Inventing a Nation Gore Vidal ★★★ ½ 3.5
Founding Brothers
Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis ★★★ ½ 3.5
Golden Son
Golden Son Pierce Brown ★★★ ½ 3.5
The War of Art
The War of Art Steven Pressfield ★★★ ½ 3.5
Feynman's Tips on Physics
Feynman's Tips on Physics Richard Feynman ★★★ 3
Six Easy Pieces
Six Easy Pieces Richard Feynman ★★★ 3
Infinite Powers
Infinite Powers Steven Strogatz ★★★ 3
The Way Things Work
The Way Things Work David Macaulay ★★★ 3
Material World
Material World Ed Conway ★★★ 3
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World Carl Sagan ★★★ 3
The Rational Optimist
The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley ★★★ 3
Stubborn Attachments
Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen ★★★ 3
The Art of Seduction
The Art of Seduction Robert Greene ★★★ 3
Mastery
Mastery Robert Greene ★★★ 3
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene ★★★ 3
The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter ★★★ 3
An Elegant Puzzle
An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson ★★★ 3
The War on the West
The War on the West Douglas Murray ★★★ 3
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow ★★★ 3
Chip War
Chip War Chris Miller ★★★ 3
Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History Mark Kurlansky ★★★ 3
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling Richard Lyman Bushman ★★★ 3
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson ★★★ 3
Unbroken
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand ★★★ 3
Elder Statesman: A Biography of J. Reuben Clark
Elder Statesman: A Biography of J. Reuben Clark D. Michael Quinn ★★★ 3
In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks Richard E. Turley Jr. et al.
In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks Richard E. Turley Jr. et al. ★★★ 3
Saints, Vol. 2: No Unhallowed Hand
Saints, Vol. 2: No Unhallowed Hand The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ★★★ 3
The Doctrines and the Mysteries
The Doctrines and the Mysteries Godwin ★★★ 3
Boom
Boom Hobart ★★★ 3
The Case Against Education
The Case Against Education Bryan Caplan ★★★ 3
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory Jeffrey Archer ★★★ 3
The Accidental Superpower
The Accidental Superpower Peter Zeihan ★★★ 3
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning Peter Zeihan ★★★ 3
Iron Gold
Iron Gold Pierce Brown ★★★ 3
The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer ★★★ 3
Choosing Glory
Choosing Glory Lili Anderson ★★★ 3
Red Rising
Red Rising Pierce Brown ★★★ 3
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces Richard Feynman ★★★ 3
The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind Allan Bloom ★★★ 3
The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt ★★★ 3
Elon Musk
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson ★★★ 3
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Vols. 1–3)
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Vols. 1–3) Richard Feynman ★★ ½ 2.5
Feynman's Lost Lectures
Feynman's Lost Lectures David L. Goodstein & Judith R. Goodstein ★★ ½ 2.5
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe Brian Greene ★★ ½ 2.5
The Body
The Body Bill Bryson ★★ ½ 2.5
The Shallows Notes
The Shallows Nicholas Carr ★★ ½ 2.5
Inadequate Equilibria
Inadequate Equilibria Eliezer Yudkowsky ★★ ½ 2.5
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger (ed. Peter Kaufman) ★★ ½ 2.5
Stolen Focus
Stolen Focus Johann Hari ★★ ½ 2.5
The Big Score
The Big Score Michael S. Malone ★★ ½ 2.5
The Everything Store
The Everything Store Brad Stone ★★ ½ 2.5
Saints, Vol. 3: Boldly, Nobly, and Independent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saints, Vol. 3: Boldly, Nobly, and Independent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ★★ ½ 2.5
Saints, Vol. 4: Sounding in Every Ear The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saints, Vol. 4: Sounding in Every Ear The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ★★ ½ 2.5
The Infinite Atonement
The Infinite Atonement Tad R. Callister ★★ ½ 2.5
All Things New
All Things New Fiona & Terryl Givens ★★ ½ 2.5
The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals Vol. 1 LDS Church Historians
The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals Vol. 1 LDS Church Historians ★★ ½ 2.5
The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals Vol. 2 LDS Church Historians
The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals Vol. 2 LDS Church Historians ★★ ½ 2.5
The Temple
The Temple Ed J. Pinegar ★★ ½ 2.5
Snow Crash
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson ★★ ½ 2.5
Corsair
Corsair Henrik Sorensen ★★ ½ 2.5
Devil Take The Hindmost
Devil Take The Hindmost Edward Chancellor ★★ ½ 2.5
Energy and Civilization
Energy and Civilization Vaclav Smil ★★ ½ 2.5
Of Boys and Men
Of Boys and Men Richard V. Reeves ★★ ½ 2.5
Dune
Dune Frank Herbert ★★ ½ 2.5
Papillon
Papillon Henri Charrière ★★ ½ 2.5
Dark Age
Dark Age Pierce Brown ★★ ½ 2.5
Sam Walton: Made in America
Sam Walton: Made in America Sam Walton & John Huey ★★ ½ 2.5
The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming Rick Atkinson ★★ ½ 2.5
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Charles Seife ★★ 2
A Concise History of Mathematics
A Concise History of Mathematics Dirk J. Struik ★★ 2
The Gene
The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee ★★ 2
A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics
A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics David A. Moss ★★ 2
Map and Territory
Map and Territory Eliezer Yudkowsky ★★ 2
How to Actually Change Your Mind
How to Actually Change Your Mind Eliezer Yudkowsky ★★ 2
Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits James Clear ★★ 2
Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird Anne Lamott ★★ 2
The Meritocracy Trap
The Meritocracy Trap Daniel Markovits ★★ 2
The Idea Factory
The Idea Factory Jon Gertner ★★ 2
Producing Prosperity
Producing Prosperity Gary Pisano & Willy Shih ★★ 2
Porter Rockwell: A Biography
Porter Rockwell: A Biography Richard Lloyd Dewey ★★ 2
The Forgotten Highlander
The Forgotten Highlander Alistair Urquhart ★★ 2
Our Day Star Rising
Our Day Star Rising Jeffrey R. Holland ★★ 2
The Second Coming of the Lord
The Second Coming of the Lord Gerald N. Lund ★★ 2
Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard ★★ 2
Origin
Origin Dan Brown ★★ 2
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion ★★ 2
Why Fish Don't Exist
Why Fish Don't Exist Lulu Miller ★★ 2
Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep Matthew Walker ★★ 2
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson ★★ 2
The Hobbit
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien ★★ 2
Bibi: My Story
Bibi: My Story Benjamin Netanyahu ★★ 2
We Spread
We Spread Iain Reid ★★ 2
Leadership Is Language L. David Marquet
Leadership Is Language L. David Marquet ★★ 2
Hate Inc.
Hate Inc. Matt Taibbi ★★ 2
The 50th Law
The 50th Law 50 Cent & Robert Greene ★★ 2
Broken Money
Broken Money Lyn Alden ★★ 2
Autocracy, Inc.
Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum ★★ 2
On the Edge
On the Edge Nate Silver ★★ 2
Star Maker
Star Maker Olaf Stapledon ★★ 2
The Machiavellians
The Machiavellians James Burnham ★★ 2
Is God a Mathematician?
Is God a Mathematician? Mario Livio ★ ½ 1.5
Outlive
Outlive Peter Attia ★ ½ 1.5
The Mosquito
The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard ★ ½ 1.5
Industrial Megaprojects Edward Merrow
Industrial Megaprojects Edward Merrow ★ ½ 1.5
The First World War
The First World War Hew Strachan ★ ½ 1.5
Bad Blood
Bad Blood John Carreyrou ★ ½ 1.5
The Miracle of Forgiveness
The Miracle of Forgiveness Spencer W. Kimball ★ ½ 1.5
The Power of Everyday Missionaries
The Power of Everyday Missionaries Clayton M. Christensen ★ ½ 1.5
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini ★ ½ 1.5
Good Inside
Good Inside Becky Kennedy ★ ½ 1.5
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor ★ ½ 1.5
Turn the Ship Around!
Turn the Ship Around! L. David Marquet ★ ½ 1.5
Piranesi
Piranesi Susanna Clarke ★ ½ 1.5
Accelerando
Accelerando Charles Stross ★ ½ 1.5
Unscripted
Unscripted James B. Stewart & Rachel Abrams ★ ½ 1.5
The World for Sale
The World for Sale Javier Blas & Jack Farchy ★ ½ 1.5
Storyworthy
Storyworthy Matthew Dicks ★ ½ 1.5
The Managerial Revolution
The Managerial Revolution James Burnham ★ ½ 1.5
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities Ian Stewart ★ 1
Blueprint
Blueprint Nicholas Christakis ★ 1
A History of Knowledge
A History of Knowledge Charles Van Doren ★ 1
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson ★ 1
Eat That Frog!
Eat That Frog! Brian Tracy ★ 1
Cowboy Ethics
Cowboy Ethics James P. Owen ★ 1
Calming Your Anxious Mind
Calming Your Anxious Mind Jeffrey Brantley ★ 1
Murder Your Darlings
Murder Your Darlings Roy Peter Clark ★ 1
GPS Declassified Richard Easton & Eric Frazier
GPS Declassified Richard Easton & Eric Frazier ★ 1
American Spring
American Spring Walter Borneman ★ 1
Endurance
Endurance Scott Kelly ★ 1
The Case for Christ
The Case for Christ Lee Strobel ★ 1
The Divine Gift of Forgiveness
The Divine Gift of Forgiveness Neil L. Andersen ★ 1
Purity of Heart
Purity of Heart Vaughn J. Featherstone ★ 1
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child John Gottman ★ 1
Anxious for Nothing
Anxious for Nothing Max Lucado ★ 1
The New New Thing
The New New Thing Michael Lewis ★ 1
Hunt, Gather, Parent
Hunt, Gather, Parent Michaeleen Doucleff ★ 1
Against the Machine
Against the Machine Paul Kingsnorth ★ 1
DisneyWar
DisneyWar James B. Stewart ★ 1
The Walk
The Walk Richard Paul Evans ★ 1
Bloodlands
Bloodlands Timothy Snyder ★ 1
About Face
About Face David H. Hackworth ★ 1
The Stranger
The Stranger Albert Camus ★ 1
The New Silk Roads
The New Silk Roads Peter Frankopan ½ 0.5
A Higher Loyalty
A Higher Loyalty James Comey ½ 0.5
The Last Republicans
The Last Republicans Mark K. Updegrove ½ 0.5
The Talent Code
The Talent Code Daniel Coyle ½ 0.5
Can't Hurt Me
Can't Hurt Me David Goggins ½ 0.5