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Yuval Noah Harari's Reading List

Historian and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons. Curated a list of 12 books for Apple Books titled 'A Haphazard Guided Tour of Humanity on the Brink.'

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A Haphazard Guided Tour of Humanity on the Brink

Twelve favorite books Harari curated for Apple Books, with personal commentary.

Source: www.ynharari.com

Cover of Brave New World
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley · 1932 · Buy on Amazon
"The most prophetic book of the 20th century. If you have time for just one book, this would be my top choice."
Cover of Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Frans de Waal · 2005 · Buy on Amazon
"Humans are animals. That's the first thing to know about us."
Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · 2011 · Buy on Amazon
"Do you want to understand how humans think? Read this book."
Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond · 1997 · Buy on Amazon
"A book of big questions, and big answers."
Cover of The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert · 2014 · Buy on Amazon
"We are now the single most important agent of change in global ecology."
Cover of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O'Neil · 2016 · Buy on Amazon
"Authority is shifting from humans to Big Data algorithms."
Cover of Congo: The Epic History of a People
Congo: The Epic History of a People
David Van Reybrouck · 2010 · Buy on Amazon
"To understand the world of the 21st century, Africa is perhaps the best place to start."
Cover of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Evan Osnos · 2014 · Buy on Amazon
"One of the best introductions to the new global order of the 21st century."
Cover of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Joby Warrick · 2015 · Buy on Amazon
"A deep, well-balanced and thought-provoking account."
Cover of Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America
Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America
Ioan Grillo · 2016 · Buy on Amazon
"A gripping narrative of Latin America's new crime wars."
Cover of The Road to Unfreedom
The Road to Unfreedom
Timothy Snyder · 2018 · Buy on Amazon
"Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the political crisis."
Cover of Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress
Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress
Steven Pinker · 2018 · Buy on Amazon
"There is much to argue about, but that's what makes this book interesting."

Books from Intelligence Squared: Yuval Noah Harari on the myths we need to survive (2024)

Extracted via LLM (gemini-2.5-flash) from auto-captions of Intelligence Squared (2024-09-12).

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Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · 2011 · Buy on Amazon
"his book Sapiens, which we're here this evening to discuss, has been a worldwide success translated into over 30 languages... you will be able to get your copy if you haven't read it already signed."

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Yuval Noah Harari's Book List for Humanity on the Brink, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/yuval-noah-harari-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman (also rec’d by Garry Kasparov ) · Buy on Amazon
"Do you want to understand how humans think? Read this book. It is one of the best starting points for exploring the tangled web of the human mind."

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