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What are some non fiction books that really made you think?

Or challenged your beliefs and the way you see the world/reality?
Scarlet5 · 26-30, F
[Edit: Nvm, just realized you said “non-fiction”. Demian is fiction so ignore my comment..]

I don’t have any yet myself but the book “Demian” by Herman Hesse (not positive on the name spelling) made my sister seriously question her religion and soon after, become free of it.
HausOfLuna · F
@Scarlet5 no worries 😊 I love reading so onto the tbr pile it goes haha
YourBuddyRandall · 26-30, M
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hatari

Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Neuroscience Of Personality by Dario Mardi (specifically page 143-145 where he talks about various questions for perspective shifting.
HausOfLuna · F
@YourBuddyRandall that last one sounds good! 😊
SW-User
A girl I was into in college was a philosophy major. I went to the philosophy section at Barnes and Noble and bought an Alan Watts book. It really grounded me.
HausOfLuna · F
@SW-User You have good taste! I listen to his lectures on yt. They're so good you can get lost in them while you're listening. 😊
SW-User
@HausOfLuna I should start doing that.
Byron8by7 · M
"The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century" by James Howard Kunstler
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
The secret history of the world
Sportsfan · 41-45, M
Malcolm Gladwell the tipping point or basically any of his books.
Sportsfan · 41-45, M
@HausOfLuna once you get through that one you'll want to read the others.
HausOfLuna · F
@Sportsfan I was worried about it being an oldie but it sounds like one of those that transcends time 🤔
Sportsfan · 41-45, M
@HausOfLuna yes it does transcend time. Pretty relevant stuff.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
I don't read non fiction, much like many don't read science fiction. And probably for the same reasons.
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
the teachings of Ramana maharshi
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin was one.

 
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