“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

— Dr. Seuss

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brain + society + science

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The DOSE Effect: An Inspiring Self-Healing Guide About the Mind-Body-Hormonal Connection, Achieve Wellness and Happiness with Practical Techniques!TJ Power
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest InfectionJohn Green
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AIYuval Noah Harari
Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot MoreAndrew Newberg M.D.
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What MattersCharan Ranganath PhD
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthZoë Schlanger
Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes EverythingJames R. Doty MD
Poverty, by AmericaMatthew Desmond
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic CultureGabor Maté MD
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and LifeRory Sutherland
The Nineties: A BookChuck Klosterman
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply AgainJohann Hari
Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really AreDavid J. Lieberman PhD
Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for ThemTom Phillips, Jonn Elledge
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for MortalsOliver Burkeman
The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary PsychologyRobert Wright
Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) WrongEric Barker
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It MattersSteven Pinker
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes UsBrian Klaas
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us ForwardDaniel H. Pink
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in AmericaEyal Press
We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert FreedomNesrine Malik
Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts AheadKenneth Gronbach
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human RaceDaniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long
Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)Alex Bezzerides
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum RevolutionCarlo Rovelli
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We BuyMartin Lindstrom
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized WorldDavid Epstein
Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson
Marx's Concept of Man: Including 'Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts'Erich Fromm, Karl Marx
Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*tTom Phillips
Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All UpTom Phillips
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels
AngrynomicsEric Lonergan, Mark Blyth
Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929 to September 3, 1939Frederick L Allen
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) WrongEric Barker
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and IdentityDouglas Murray
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New MasculinityPeggy Orenstein
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't KnowMalcolm Gladwell
Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of DistractionDerek Thompson
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New LandscapePeggy Orenstein
Team HumanDouglas Rushkoff
Jung: A Very Short IntroductionAnthony Stevens
Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and DieKeith Payne
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find HopeJohann Hari
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You ThinkHans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth, the Illusion of Consent, and the Fight for Our FutureRaoul Martinez
On ColorDavid Kastan, Stephen Farthing
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary ImpactChip Heath, Dan Heath
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year HistoryKurt Andersen
Eat the AppleMatt Young
Why Liberalism FailedPatrick J. Deneen
A Second Chance: For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of UsCatherine Hoke
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect TimingDaniel H. Pink
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media ManipulatorRyan Holiday
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive ThinkingOliver Burkeman
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the MenuDan Jurafsky
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth CenturyTimothy Snyder
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't MatterScott Adams
Recovery: Freedom from Our AddictionsRussell Brand
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding YourselfDavid McRaney
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear SugarCheryl Strayed
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On ItChris Voss, Tahl Raz
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern ParenthoodJennifer Senior
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us HookedAdam Alter
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest CountryHelen Russell
Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing UsShane Claiborne
Tribe: On Homecoming and BelongingSebastian Junger
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern WorldSteven Johnson
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe ItselfSean Carroll
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionBryan Stevenson
Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli
RevolutionRussell Brand
Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 YearsDavid Graeber
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your BrainSteven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal TransformationJoseph Campbell
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and PoliticsDan Savage
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and FeelsThomas Cahill
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on DrugsJohann Hari
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in SpaceCarl Sagan
Positioning: The Battle for Your MindAl Ries, Jack Trout
Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the UniverseMario Livio
Days of Destruction, Days of RevoltChris Hedges, Joe Sacco
Contagious: Why Things Catch OnJonah Berger
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young WomenJessica Valenti
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our BrainsNicholas Carr
The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your BrainDaniel Gardner
The Medium is the MassageMarshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies StrongerRichard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of RepulsionRachel Herz PhD
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is HardChip Heath, Dan Heath
The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic StormKenneth W. Gronbach
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is LessBarry Schwartz
How We DecideJonah Lehrer
Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini
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philosophy

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Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided TimesGreg Boyle
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real HappinessFumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
My Religion - What I BelieveLeo Tolstoy
The Age of ReasonThomas Paine
Philosophical DictionaryVoltaire
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and EnlightenmentPhilip Kapleau Roshi
God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us HumanDominic Johnson
The Great Philosophers: SpinozaRoger Scruton
The AntichristF. W. Nietzsche
The Collected Letters of Alan WattsAlan Watts
Letters from One: Correspondence (and more) of Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas GandhiMohandas Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and BelieveRichard Rohr
I Want You to Be: On the God of LoveTomáš Halík
Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True SelfRichard Rohr
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond YourselfMichael A. Singer
The Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New TranslationMirabai Starr
The Mystical Element of Religion: As Studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and Her FriendsFriedrich von Hügel
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical KinshipGregory Boyle
Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing WorldDalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About EverythingRob Bell
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of LifeRichard Rohr
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled TimesSoong-Chan Rah
The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your TransformationRichard Rohr
Honest to GodJohn A. T. Robinson
Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying With IconsHenri J. M. Nouwen
Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical TransformationAlexander John Shaia
Christianity and EvolutionPierre Teilhard de Chardin
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionGregory Boyle
Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of AssisiRichard Rohr O.F.M.
The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind -- A New Perspective on Christ and His MessageCynthia Bourgeault
The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the HeartCynthia Bourgeault
The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read ItPeter Enns
Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical ReligionAlan W. Watts
How Big Is Your God?: The Freedom to Experience the DivinePaul Coutinho SJ
The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics SeeRichard Rohr
The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox SpiritualityKyriacos C. Markides
Sacred Darkness: Encountering Divine Love in Life's Darkest PlacesPaul Coutinho SJ
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of ReligionAlain de Botton
The Cloud of UnknowingAnonymous
Liberating Tradition: Women's Identity and Vocation in Christian PerspectiveKristina LaCelle-Peterson
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real LifeJames Martin
What We Talk About When We Talk About GodRob Bell
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial RabbiAmy-Jill Levine
Awakening: Conversations With the MasterAnthony de Mello
Is God to Blame? Moving Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of SufferingGregory A. Boyd
Healing the Gospel: A Radical Vision for Grace, Justice, and the CrossDerek Flood
Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible's Greatest StoriesBruce Feiler
The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and SatisfactionPeter Rollins
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and LeadBrené Brown
New Seeds of ContemplationThomas Merton
Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian FaithMarvin R. Wilson
To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and ThinkingHarold S. Kushner
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood PalChristopher Moore
The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great TraditionHuston Smith
How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the GospelsN. T. Wright
The Devil Wears Nada: Satan ExposedTripp York
A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original SinTony Jones
On Freedom, Love, and PowerJacques Ellul
The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of ScriptureChristian Smith
Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural AnalysisWilliam J. Webb
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever LivedRob Bell
It's Really All About God: How Islam, Atheism, and Judaism Made Me a Better ChristianSamir Selmanovic
The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a RevolutionGregory A. Boyd
Sensual OrthodoxyDebbie Blue
A Gentler GodDoug Frank
The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de MelloAnthony de Mello
Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of DominationWalter Wink
Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the CrossMark S. Heim
Provocations: Spiritual Writings of KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard
Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and SpiritualityRob Bell
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest UniversityKevin Roose
Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary RadicalsShane Claiborne, Chris Haw
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian FaithRob Bell
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt OutBrennan Manning
Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the ChurchPhilip Yancey
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create + lead

sorted by read date · 56 books

This Is Strategy: Make Better PlansSeth Godin
Ogilvy on AdvertisingDavid Ogilvy
What Happened To Advertising? What Would Gossage Do?Massimo Moruzzi
The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for TeamsSeth Godin
The Alter Ego Effect: Defeat the Enemy, Unlock Your Heroic Self, and Start Kicking AssTodd Herman
Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your JobAaron McHugh
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good AncestorLayla Saad
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable AdviceRichard Reed
Show Your Work!Austin Kleon
Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern ElderChip Conley
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to SeeSeth Godin
Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map To Winning Creative BattlesTim Grahl
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's DilemmaCharles A. O'Reilly III, Michael L. Tushman
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the WorldTim Ferriss
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next OneJenny Blake
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class PerformersTimothy Ferriss
Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative AgeJeff Goins
Reinvent YourselfJames Altucher
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good LifeMark Manson
EnoughPatrick Rhone
Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less -- and Achieve More Than You Ever ImaginedScott Sonenshein
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster FutureJoi Ito, Jeff Howe
We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack ObamaE. J. Dionne Jr., Joy-Ann Reid
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its SoulHoward Schultz, Joanne Gordon
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and PurposeTony Hsieh
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of LessGreg McKeown
The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?Seth Godin
Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the WorldAl Pittampalli
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You LoveCal Newport
Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence DecisionsCarmen Simon
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About ItSteven Pressfield
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond FearElizabeth Gilbert
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive ManJerry Weintraub
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull, Amy Wallace
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing NonfictionWilliam Zinsser
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic FutureAshlee Vance
What to Do When It's Your Turn (and It's Always Your Turn)Seth Godin
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)George Lois
The Story Grid: What Good Editors KnowShawn Coyne
I'm Not for Everyone. Neither Are You.David Leddick
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My LifeScott Adams
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for AnythingChris Hadfield
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They DoPlume
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a LifetimeJohn Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Caring for Words in a Culture of LiesMarilyn McEntyre
Do the WorkSteven Pressfield
The FlinchJulien Smith
We Are All WeirdSeth Godin
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being CreativeAustin Kleon
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)Seth Godin
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and ActionsGuy Kawasaki
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take ActionSimon Sinek
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to CreativityHugh MacLeod
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?Seth Godin
End MalariaThe Domino Project
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative BattlesSteven Pressfield
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story

sorted by read date · 47 books

Living with the MonksJesse Itzler
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War IIAdam Makos, Larry Alexander
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKEPhil Knight
Goebbels: Nazi Master of IllusionDaniela Ozacky Stern
The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in HistoryMargalit Fox
Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War IIDaniel James Brown
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusCharles C. Mann
Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the WorldJack Weatherford
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldPatrik Svensson
Amoralman: A True Story and Other LiesDerek DelGaudio
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldJack Weatherford
I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of PoetryHalsey
The Story of BDaniel Quinn
Ishmael: A NovelDaniel Quinn
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives RevealedLori Gottlieb
Letters of NoteArt Edition
The Choice: Embrace the PossibleDr. Edith Eva Eger
1984George Orwell
GrantRon Chernow
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor Noah
All Our Wrong Todays: A NovelElan Mastai
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation HistoryKeith O'Brien
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian RockGregory Thornbury
Like BrothersMark Duplass, Jay Duplass
I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and JoyHafiz
The Essential Rumi, New Expanded EditionJalal al-Din Rumi
I Can't Make This Up: Life LessonsKevin Hart
Unfamiliar FishesSarah Vowell
Sorry for Your TroublesPádraig Ó Tuama
The Knowledge: A Too Close To True NovelSteven Pressfield
Wildflowers in the Median: A Restorative Journey into Healing, Justice, and JoyAgnes Furey
Refusing HeavenJack Gilbert
Ready Player One: A NovelErnest Cline
Eleven Rings: The Soul of SuccessPhil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and BetrayalBen Macintyre
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsDaniel James Brown
Life of PiYann Martel
Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum RevolutionJohn Gribbin
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me: A Memoir... of SortsIan Morgan Cron
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian JungleDaniel L. Everett
Open: An AutobiographyAndre Agassi
Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and ReflectionsPatrick Smith
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
Skirmish: PoemsDobby Gibson
Elegy on Toy PianoDean Young
American GodsNeil Gaiman
Snow CrashNeal Stephenson
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my books

11 books by ryan miller

Away to Z Away to Z Five Days with the Teacher Anger Zen Anger Zen 26 Interactions With The Teacher (About Religion) everything breathes everything breathes Assume Zombie Assume Zombie 26 Thoughts from the Teacher (without interruption) Attention Zoo Attention Zoo 26 Interactions with the Teacher The Naked Fruit The Naked Fruit Him. Her. Sex. Love. Truth. Abstinent Zipper Abstinent Zipper 26 Interactions With The Teacher (About Sexuality) American Zealot American Zealot 26 Interactions with the Teacher (About America) Cleaning Church Toilets Cleaning Church Toilets Insipid Insipid Inkarri Inkarri
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