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If you loved Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein, 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 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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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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    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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    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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    When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

    by Gabor Maté

    4.61 BLT Score (36.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (36.0K)
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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 Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels cover

    The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

    by Jon Meacham

    4.54 BLT Score (16.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (16.3K)
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    All the President's Men

    by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

    4.50 BLT Score (58.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (58.3K)
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    Quiet

    by Susan Cain

    4.47 BLT Score (478.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (478.1K)
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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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