Books like Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
If you liked Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Because shares tags: history, science, nonfiction.
Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.
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The Prince
Because shares tags: philosophy, history, nonfiction.
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Washington rowers led by Joe Rantz chase gold in Hitler's Berlin in 1936.
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy…
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John Adams
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.
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Greenlights
Because shares tags: nonfiction, philosophy.
McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.
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Between the World and Me
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Because shares tags: science, history.
Bryson asks how we know what we know, from atoms to continents, with humor and awe.
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Mere Christianity
Because shares tags: philosophy, nonfiction.
C. S. Lewis builds a plain case for Christian belief from morals, faith, and habit.
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A Brief History of Time
Because shares tags: science, nonfiction.
Hawking walks from ancient spheres to big bang, black holes, and time arrows without equations.
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The Art of War
Because shares tags: philosophy, nonfiction.
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least,…
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Because shares tags: nonfiction, science.
The cells of a poor Black tobacco farmer revolutionized medicine, taken without her knowledge in 1951.
