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      • Jorge Luis Borges
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This list is generated from 172 book polls & top lists from a variety of great sources. The books is ranked based on how many lists a particular book appears on (xx) = Number off lists the book appears on
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison book cover
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison (33)
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande book cover
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (32)​
The Sixth Extinction: an Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert book cover
The Sixth Extinction: an Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (30)​​
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty book cover
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (25)​
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On Immunity: an Innoculation by Eula Biss (22)
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In the Kingdom of Ice: the Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette by Hampton Sides (20)
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Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright (20)​​
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (20)​
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Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay (19)
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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos (16)​
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (16)
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Deep Down Dark: the Untold Story of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine by Héctor Tobar (14)​
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson (14)​
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Blood Will Out: the True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn (13)
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The Invisible Bridge: the Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan by Rick Perlstein (13)​
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No Place to  Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald (13)

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