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Are you looking for new things? Our brain can release dopamine and other feel-good chemicals when we make discoveries. Understanding how some things work, knowing the past, exploring a new area. Here are some books for your journey.

The Ancestor's Tale

The Ancestor's Tale

by Richard Dawkins
  • #science & nature
The Unnamable Present

The Unnamable Present

by Roberto Calasso
  • #history
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

by Jared Diamond
  • #non-fiction
What We Cannot Know

What We Cannot Know

by Marcus du Sautoy
  • #popular maths
Some Assembly Required

Some Assembly Required

by Neil Shubin
  • #science & nature
Art in Minutes

Art in Minutes

by Susie Hodge
  • #reference work
Word Perfect

Word Perfect

by Susie Dent
  • #humour
  • #historical & comparative linguistics
True Facts That Sound Like Bullshit

True Facts That Sound Like Bullshit

by Shane Carley
  • #non-fiction
Factfulness

Factfulness

by Hans Rosling
  • #non-fiction
Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman
  • #non-fiction
Prisoners of Geography

Prisoners of Geography

by Tim Marshall
  • #non-fiction
The Third Chimpanzee

The Third Chimpanzee

by Jared Diamond
  • #science & nature
The Body

The Body

by Bill Bryson
  • #non-fiction
A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

by Stephen W. Hawking
  • #popular science
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein
  • #self-help
Other Minds

Other Minds

by Peter Godfrey Smith
  • #popular science
Freakonomics

Freakonomics

by Steven D Levitt
  • #non-fiction
Numbers in Minutes

Numbers in Minutes

by Julia Collins
  • #reference work
Pears' Cyclopaedia

Pears' Cyclopaedia

by Chris Cook
  • #encyclopedia
Psychology in Minutes

Psychology in Minutes

by Marcus Weeks
  • #reference work
The Human Age

The Human Age

by Diane Ackerman
  • #science & nature
Homo Deus

Homo Deus

by Yuval Noah Harari
  • #science & nature
American Gods

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman
  • #novel
  • #fantasy fiction
  • #horror fiction
Sapiens

Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari
  • #non-fiction
Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

by Daron Acemoglu
  • #non-fiction
Continuous Discovery Habits (English Edition)

Continuous Discovery Habits (English Edition)

by Teresa Torres
  • #non-fiction
The Upright Thinkers

The Upright Thinkers

by Leonard Mlodinow
  • #biography
Science in Seconds

Science in Seconds

by Hazel Muir
  • #reference work
What If?

What If?

by Randall Munroe
  • #humour
A Million Years in A Day

A Million Years in A Day

by Greg Jenner
  • #humour
  • #history
Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond
  • #history
21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari
  • #history
Maths in Minutes

Maths in Minutes

by Paul Glendinning
  • #reference work
Our Mathematical Universe

Our Mathematical Universe

by Max Tegmark
  • #non-fiction
Philosophy in Minutes

Philosophy in Minutes

by Marcus Weeks
  • #reference work
Quantum Physics in Minutes

Quantum Physics in Minutes

by Gemma Lavender
  • #reference work
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • #non-fiction
The Human Body in Minutes

The Human Body in Minutes

by Tom Jackson
  • #reference work
The World Without Us

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman
  • #non-fiction
A History of the World in 100 Objects

A History of the World in 100 Objects

by Neil MacGregor
  • #history
Interesting Stories For Curious People

Interesting Stories For Curious People

by Bill O'Neill
  • #non-fiction
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

by Denis Dutton
  • #art
Eyewitness Books

Eyewitness Books

by various writers
  • #non-fiction