about history, human nature or science. Examples would be Antony Beevor, Atul Gawande or Carl Sagan.
demon haunted world Sagan and sapiens yuval hararri
If you’ve never studied socialism, Blackshirts and Reds is a fantastic intro to the USSR. Better yet, just listening to the author’s 1986 Lecture is phenomenal.
I feel like everyone could read/listen to “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Frankl
I have a big list, I’ll send it. One would be
Martin Rees - Just Six Numbers
Dan Dennett - kinds of minds Steven pinker - how the mind works Aldous Huxley - The doors of perception Brian Greene - The fabric of the cosmos Richard Feynman - surely you’re joking Mr Feynman Carl Sagan - pale blue dot
Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Project Hail Mary (Edit: it’s fiction tho)
Pema Chodron’s Welcoming the Unwelcomed is good. So is nonviolent communication by Marshall Rosenberg.




