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Book Recommendations for Professionals & Academics in 2023

There are 75 professionals & academics books recommended by the community in 2023.
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan
4.6
Comments: 37
Avaliable on Amazon
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
4.4
Comments: 24
Avaliable on Amazon
The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)
The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
4.9
Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine
M. Mitchell Waldrop
4.4
Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton
4.6
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine
Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine
Lawrence K. Altman
5.0
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez
4.1
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Trump: The Art of the Comeback
Trump: The Art of the Comeback
Donald J. Trump, Kate Bohner
3.9
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
Mike Wilson
4.0
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
William Dunham
4.7
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, Bill Gates
4.6
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Will Durant
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
A Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto Industry's Self-Destruction
A Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto Industry's Self-Destruction
Robert J. Dewar
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks
4.2
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World
John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World
Jason Louv
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Symmetry and the Monster: The Story of One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics
Symmetry and the Monster: The Story of One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics
Mark Ronan
3.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Steven Levy
4.2
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Jon Ronson
4.2
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
Robert Gaskins
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality
Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality
Bill Kilday
4.7
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition
Bo Burlingham
4.3
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis
4.2
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Tom DeMarco
4.1
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Millionaire Next Door
The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post
The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post
Marilyn Nissenson
3.3
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison
3.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
Eric Brende
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
George Pendle
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Atom of the Universe: The Life and Work of Georges Lemaitre
The Atom of the Universe: The Life and Work of Georges Lemaitre
P.J.E. Peebles
3.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Ray Kroc
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Flight: My Life in Mission Control
Flight: My Life in Mission Control
Christopher Kraft
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
John Archibald Wheeler, Visit Amazon's John Archibald Wheeler Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralJohn Archibald Wheeler
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
John Archibald Wheeler, Visit Amazon's John Archibald Wheeler Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralJohn Archibald Wheeler
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
A Road Back from Schizophrenia: A Memoir
A Road Back from Schizophrenia: A Memoir
Arnhild Lauveng
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
Emanuel Derman
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
Charles Mann
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
McDonald's: Behind The Arches
McDonald's: Behind The Arches
John F. Love
4.2
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Andrea Wulf
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
First A Dream
First A Dream
Jim Clayton, Bill Retherford
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
Karl Deisseroth
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders
Connie Bruck
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Euler: The Master of Us All (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
Euler: The Master of Us All (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
William Dunham
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Unfair Advantage: BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD-WINNER: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed
The Unfair Advantage: BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD-WINNER: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed
Ash Ali, Hasan Kubba
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader
Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Ricardo Semler
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie
Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie
Marie Curie, Vernon Lyman Kellogg
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir
Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir
Don Eyles
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton
The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton
Andrew Szanton
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)
From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)
Emilio Segrè
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
Abraham Pais
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Teaching in the Terrordome: Two Years in West Baltimore with Teach for America
Teaching in the Terrordome: Two Years in West Baltimore with Teach for America
Heather Kirn Lanier
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Michael S. Malone
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Rachel Ignotofsky
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Stalin's Apologist: Walter Duranty: The New York Times's Man in Moscow
Stalin's Apologist: Walter Duranty: The New York Times's Man in Moscow
S.J. Taylor
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Gregory Zuckerman
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lef?vre
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
Michael Lewis
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Gr
The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Gr
Peter Pringle
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Wal-Mart Triumph: Inside the World's #1 Company
The Wal-Mart Triumph: Inside the World's #1 Company
Robert Slater
3.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-Founder of Microsoft
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-Founder of Microsoft
PaulAllen
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen
Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen
Clifford A. Pickover
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age
Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age
Paul J. Nahin
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen
The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen
Laura Rich
2.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness
Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness
Federico Faggin
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space
Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space
M.D. John C. Lilly
3.9
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort
4.0
Avaliable on Amazon