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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

  1. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

    1. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

    Dan Ariely
    Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
  2. The Archaeology of Knowledge

    2. The Archaeology of Knowledge

    Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
    The Archaeology of Knowledge: And the Discourse on Language
  3. The Right

    3. The Right

    Matthew Continetti
    The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
  4. Empire of Normality

    4. Empire of Normality

    Robert Chapman
    Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
  5. David and Goliath

    5. David and Goliath

    Malcolm Gladwell
    David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
  6. Talking to Strangers

    6. Talking to Strangers

    Malcolm Gladwell
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
  7. Caste

    7. Caste

    Isabel Wilkerson
    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
  8. The Defining Decade

    8. The Defining Decade

    Meg Jay
    The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
  9. Humankind

    9. Humankind

    Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore
    Humankind: A Hopeful History
  10. Anointed

    10. Anointed

    Toby Stuart
    Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
  11. The World Is Flat 3.0

    11. The World Is Flat 3.0

    Thomas L. Friedman
    The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Further Updated and Expanded)
  12. Discipline and Punish

    12. Discipline and Punish

    Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
    Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
  13. The History of Sexuality

    13. The History of Sexuality

    Michel Foucault, Robert Hurley
    The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
  14. Cyberlibertarianism

    14. Cyberlibertarianism

    David Golumbia, George Justice
    Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology
  15. Noise

    15. Noise

    Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony
    Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
  16. The Second Mountain

    16. The Second Mountain

    David Brooks
    The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
  17. Basic Economics

    17. Basic Economics

    Thomas Sowell
    Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
  18. The Chaos Machine

    18. The Chaos Machine

    Max Fisher
    The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
  19. Madness and Civilization

    19. Madness and Civilization

    Michel Foucault
    Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
  20. Soccer in Sun and Shadow

    20. Soccer in Sun and Shadow

    Eduardo Galeano, Mark Fried
    A Sports pick for readers exploring Soccer in Sun and Shadow.
  21. Mutual Aid

    21. Mutual Aid

    Dean Spade
    Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
  22. Democracy in Chains

    22. Democracy in Chains

    Nancy MacLean
    Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
  23. Anti-Oedipus

    23. Anti-Oedipus

    Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
    Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
  24. Rationality

    24. Rationality

    Steven Pinker
    Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

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