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Notes
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What is this spreadsheet? A list of book recommendations pulled from this tweet:
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https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/929862403763798016
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Have a book or five to add to the list? Add it here:
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_1HtHp4Oyf10O9_YBRhtD2EsVi7AS6O8gy83Xj7cJP3kLOg/viewform
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Titles and authors pulled directly from Twitter, so there may be errors.
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TitleAuthor
Occurrence in replies
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SapiensYuval Noah Harari19
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Brave New WorldAldous Huxley11
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Thinking Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman11
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AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb10
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Zero to OneBlake Masters and Peter Thiel9
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Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas Hofstadter8
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1984George Orwell7
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FreakonomicsStephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt7
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Poor Charlie's AlmanackCharlie Munger7
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams6
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Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl6
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MeditationsMarcus Aurelius6
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MoneyballMichael L. Lewis6
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The FountainheadAyn Rand6
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The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz6
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Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond5
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard Feynman5
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The Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins5
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Zen and the art of Motorcycle MaintenanceRobert M. Pirsig5
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Animal FarmGeorge Orwell4
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Bible4
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FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi4
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FoundationIsaac Asimov4
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NeuromancerWilliam Gibson4
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SiddharthaHermann Hesse4
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Slaughterhouse FiveKurt Vonnegut4
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The Beginning of InfinityDavid Deutsch4
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A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking3
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Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand3
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Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb3
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BlinkMalcolm Gladwell3
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Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb3
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Hackers & PaintersPaul Graham3
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How The Mind WorksSteven Pinker3
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How to Wind Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie3
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IshmaelDaniel Quinn3
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MindstormsSeymour Papert3
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My Side of the MountainJean Craighead George3
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Power of HabitCharles Duhigg3
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Seeing Like a StateJames C. Scott3
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Selfish GeneDawkins3
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen Covey3
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Shoe DogPhil Knight3
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Singularity is NearKurzwell3
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Snow CrashNeal Stephenson3
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Steve JobsWalter Isaacson3
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Stranger In A Strange LandRobert A. Heinlein3
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The Art of WarSun Tzu3
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The Blank SlateSteven Pinker3
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The Language InstinctSteven Pinker3
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The Last LectureJeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch3
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The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli3
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Ways of SeeingJohn Berger3
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Why Buddhism is TrueRobert Wright3
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A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson2
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A Tale of Two CitiesDickens2
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of RiskPeter L. Bernstein2
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An AutobioGhandi2
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Assault on Lake CasitasBrad Alan Lewis2
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Ball FourJim Bouton2
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Banking and the Business Cycle
Chester Arthur Phillips, Richard Ward Nelson, and Thomas Francis McManus
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Beating the AveragesP. Graham2
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BetterAtul Gawande2
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Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates2
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BoydRobert Corum2
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Catch-22Joseph Heller2
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CosmosCarl Sagan2
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Deep WorkCal Newport2
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Deschooling SocietyIvan Illich2
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DuneFrank Herbert2
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East of EdenSteinbeck2
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EinsteinWalter Isaacson2
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Far From the TreeAndrew Solomon2
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Finite and Infinite GamesJames P. Carse2
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FountainheadAyn Rand2
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Good Calories, Bad CaloriesGary Taubes2
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Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad2
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Homage to CataloniaGeorge Orwell2
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I Know Why The Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou2
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I, RobotIsaac Asimov2
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ImproKeith Johnstone2
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In Search of MemoryEric Kandel2
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InfluenceRobert Cialdini2
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Joy of LexG. Brandreth2
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Just KidsPatti Smith2
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Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain2
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Le Ton Beau de MarotD. Hofstatder2
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Let My People Go SurfingYvon Chouinard2
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Liar’s PokerMichael L. Lewis2
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Lord JimJoseph Conrad2
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Manufacturing ConsentEdward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky2
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MicroserfsDouglas Coupland2