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    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    by Yuval Noah Harari

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  2. 2

    The Indispensable Composers

    by Anthony Tommasini

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  3. 3

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    by Bill Bryson

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  4. 4

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    by David Grann

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    Brief Answers to the Big Questions

    by Stephen Hawking

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    Enlightenment Now

    by Steven Pinker

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  7. 7

    Grant

    by Ron Chernow

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  8. 8

    Dead Wake

    by Erik Larson

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  9. 9

    The Soul of America

    by Jon Meacham

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  10. 10

    Presidents of War

    by Michael Beschloss

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    The World in a Grain

    by Vince Beiser

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  12. 12

    When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

    by Daniel H. Pink

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    The Devil in the White City

    by Erik Larson

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  14. 14

    The Silk Roads

    by Peter Frankopan

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  15. 15

    The Order of Time

    by Carlo Rovelli

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