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If you loved Quiet by Susan Cain, 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 Quiet

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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

    5.00 BLT Score (283.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (283.7K)
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    Humankind: A Hopeful History

    by Rutger Bregman, Elizabeth Manton, Erica Moore

    4.67 BLT Score (81.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (81.8K)
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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    by Michael Lewis

    4.49 BLT Score (172.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (172.2K)
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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

    4.81 BLT Score (21.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K)
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    Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

    by David Epstein

    4.65 BLT Score (80.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (80.7K)
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    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided cover

    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided

    by Jonathan Haidt

    4.58 BLT Score (66.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (66.9K)
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    The Democrat Party Hates America

    by Mark R. Levin

    4.45 BLT Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.2K)
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    Bloody Ridge and Beyond

    by Marlin Groft, Larry Alexander

    4.44 BLT Score (272 ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (272)
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    The Design of Everyday Things cover

    The Design of Everyday Things

    by Donald A. Norman

    4.40 BLT Score (48.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (48.0K)
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    The Alchemy of Air (Aug-2009) cover

    The Alchemy of Air (Aug-2009)

    by Thomas Hager

    4.36 BLT Score (4.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (4.7K)

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