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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

    Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
  2. The Art of Thinking Clearly

    2. The Art of Thinking Clearly

    The Art of Thinking Clearly: Hardcover – May 14, 2013
  3. Less is More

    3. Less is More

    Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
  4. Bottle of Lies

    4. Bottle of Lies

    Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
  5. The Future We Choose

    5. The Future We Choose

    The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis
  6. Into the Raging Sea

    6. Into the Raging Sea

    Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
  7. Beyond the Pill

    7. Beyond the Pill

    Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
  8. Beyond the Body Farm

    8. Beyond the Body Farm

    Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science
  9. Unthinkable

    9. Unthinkable

    Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains
  10. What Is Real?

    10. What Is Real?

    What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
  11. Quantum Supremacy

    11. Quantum Supremacy

    Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
  12. The Beekeeper's Lament

    12. The Beekeeper's Lament

    The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
  13. The World in a Grain

    13. The World in a Grain

    The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
  14. Almost Human

    14. Almost Human

    Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
  15. It's Not Easy Bein' Me

    15. It's Not Easy Bein' Me

    It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs
  16. The Simulation Hypothesis

    16. The Simulation Hypothesis

    The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game
  17. The Hidden World of the Fox

    17. The Hidden World of the Fox

    The Hidden World of the Fox: Paperback – International Edition, February 8, 2022
  18. Reentry

    18. Reentry

    Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
  19. The Trainable Cat

    19. The Trainable Cat

    The Trainable Cat: A Practical Guide to Making Life Happier for You and Your Cat
  20. Strange Bedfellows

    20. Strange Bedfellows

    Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs
  21. Eccentric Orbits

    21. Eccentric Orbits

    Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story
  22. The Deadly Rise of Anti-science

    22. The Deadly Rise of Anti-science

    The Deadly Rise of Anti-science: A Scientist's Warning
  23. Thunder & Lightning

    23. Thunder & Lightning

    Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
  24. Here Comes the Sun

    24. Here Comes the Sun

    Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

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