Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? ↗

The books people recommended

2018-12-23 · 842 points · 332 comments · 8 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

2How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
2 here · 12 all-time · #102 overall
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
1 here · 51 all-time · #5 overall
1
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
1 here · 41 all-time · #9 overall
1Zero to One
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
1 here · 19 all-time · #43 overall
1The Dictator's Handbook
The Dictator's Handbook
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
1 here · 15 all-time · #70 overall
1Signal and the Noise
Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver
1 here · 6 all-time · #217 overall
1Unwomanly Face of War
Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
1 here · 3 all-time · #512 overall
1The Mind Illuminated
The Mind Illuminated
Culadasa (John Yates)
1 here · 3 all-time · #605 overall