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These are the top 100 most recommended non-fiction books from the world's most successful and interesting people.
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Sapiens
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Man's Search for Meaning
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Principles
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
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Influence
Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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Shoe Dog
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Meditations
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Atomic Habits
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The War of Art
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The Innovator's Dilemma
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How To Win Friends and Influence People
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Antifragile
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Good to Great
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Mindset
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The Lean Startup
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
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The Black Swan
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Poor Charlie's Almanack
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Outliers
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The Four Agreements
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Range
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Elon Musk
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Essentialism
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
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Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
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Skin in the Game
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12 Rules for Life
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Tao Te Ching
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How to Change Your Mind
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The Intelligent Investor
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Loonshots
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The Lessons of History
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The Ride of a Lifetime
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The Power of Habit
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
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When Breath Becomes Air
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The Courage to Be Disliked
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The Checklist Manifesto
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Fooled by Randomness
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Deep Work
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Creativity, Inc.
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The Design of Everyday Things
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The Psychology of Money
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Why We Sleep
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The Undoing Project
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The Effective Executive
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Made to Stick
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High Growth Handbook
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Think and Grow Rich
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