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Looking to get started on some good non fiction books, just finished a biography book on a musician, enjoyed it but it did feel kinda boring after a while.

>> No.10559489

>>10559438
On what subject? Which musician?

>> No.10559513

>>10559489
Book about leonard cohen, any subject I don't really care I'm just trying to read more.

>> No.10559525

>>10559438
Look up "The bonobo and the atheist" by Frans de Waal.

>> No.10559541

>>10559525
Damn, that looks like an interesting book I'll try that one out thanks.

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>> No.10559723

>>10559438

It's hard to recommend anything without knowing a little more about you.

What are your interests? How old are you?What have you read recently and liked?

If you want a fun, readable biography, you could try

SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR FEYNMAN
by Richard Feynman

If you want an interesting modern "general book about the world", you could try:

Gladwell, TIPPING POINT
Kahneman,THINKING FAST AND SLOW
Taleb, ANTIFRAGILE

If you like biography and you want to try something a little less modern, try Plutarch's Lives - biographies of famous Greeks and Romans but in quite a light style with lots of anecdotes.

>> No.10559885

>>10559723
>age
20
>last book I read
Leonard cohen biography.
> interests
I can't really narrow that down right now, I'll just say my interests are pretty broad.

>> No.10560037

>>10559723
Can you sell me on kahneman, I'm skeptical about cognitive bias

>> No.10560945

>>10559723
>antifragile
Taleb is the biggest piece of shit, why on earth would you recommend him.