10 books for fans of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
★ 4.81 BLT Score (21.9K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K) -
Outliers: The Story of Success
★ 4.80 BLT Score (873.6K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (873.6K) -
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
★ 4.68 BLT Score (118.1K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (118.1K) -
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
★ 4.50 BLT Score (109.0K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (109.0K) -
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
★ 4.45 BLT Score (192.6K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (192.6K) -
Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell, Barry Fox, Irina Henegar
★ 4.41 BLT Score (624.9K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (624.9K) -
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
★ 4.39 BLT Score (131.8K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (131.8K) -
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
★ 4.05 BLT Score (116.0K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (116.0K) -
Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today
by Adam Hamilton
★ 3.83 BLT Score (271 ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (271) -
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