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If you loved Nudge by Richard H. Thaler, these books share similar qualities — same genre, comparable themes, and the kind of reader ratings that signal something special. Whether you read on Kindle, in print, or on audio, these recommendations deliver the same kind of experience.

10 books for fans of Nudge

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    Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics cover

    Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

    by Richard H. Thaler

    4.26 BLT Score (23.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (23.9K)
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    Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

    Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

    Incerto • Book 1

    by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    4.22 BLT Score (71.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (71.9K)
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    Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest cover

    Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

    by Stephen E. Ambrose

    4.95 BLT Score (140.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (140.3K)
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    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup cover

    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    by John Carreyrou

    4.94 BLT Score (283.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (283.7K)
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    Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan cover

    Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

    Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series

    by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

    4.74 BLT Score (21.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K)
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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    by Michael Lewis

    4.44 BLT Score (172.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (172.2K)
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    The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 cover

    The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

    The Revolution Trilogy • Book 1

    by Rick Atkinson, John Sterling

    4.18 BLT Score (10.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (10.4K)
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    The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms cover

    The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

    Incerto • Book 3

    by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    3.90 BLT Score (11.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (11.0K)
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    Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

    Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

    by David Epstein

    4.58 BLT Score (80.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (80.9K)
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    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided cover

    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided

    by Jonathan Haidt

    4.53 BLT Score (66.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (66.9K)

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