The Human Story

Ever feel like society's just one big, chaotic reality show? This journey spills the tea on how humanity went from throwing rocks to launching rockets. Seriously, it's the ultimate backstage pass to understanding our wild past and where we're probably, maybe, definitely headed next.

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Top 50 Books for The Human Story

Our top recommendations for this topic.

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DailyShelf The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Discover the shocking truth about medical ethics!

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DailyShelf Homo Sapiens: A Brief History of Tomorrow cover

Homo Sapiens: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Future Shock: Are You Ready?

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DailyShelf A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes cover

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

Who are you, really?

4
DailyShelf The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer cover

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Uncover Cancer's Epic Story!

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DailyShelf Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives cover

Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

Your Friends Control You!

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DailyShelf The Gene: An Intimate History cover

The Gene: An Intimate History

Unlock Your DNA Secrets

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DailyShelf The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Most Crucial Dilemmas cover

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Most Crucial Dilemmas

AI Will Change Everything

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DailyShelf Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress cover

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Why The World Is Better

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DailyShelf The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals cover

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Eat Smarter, Live Better

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DailyShelf Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism cover

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Unmasking Tech's Hidden Biases

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DailyShelf Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future cover

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

We Broke Earth, Now What?

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DailyShelf Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber cover

Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber

See How Tech Empires Fall

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DailyShelf The Anthropocene Reviewed cover

The Anthropocene Reviewed

See the World Differently

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DailyShelf The Structure of Scientific Revolutions cover

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Science Is Not What You Think

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DailyShelf Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth cover

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Fix Humanity's Global Problems

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DailyShelf Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow cover

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

What Happens After Humans Win?

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DailyShelf The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease cover

The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

Your Body's Secret History Revealed

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DailyShelf Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Innovators and Idealists Who Are Trying to Reinvent Money cover

Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Innovators and Idealists Who Are Trying to Reinvent Money

Understand Crypto Before It's Too Late

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DailyShelf 21 Lessons for the 21st Century cover

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Understand Our Wild World

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DailyShelf Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! cover

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Think Like A Genius

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DailyShelf Why We Sleep cover

Why We Sleep

Discover The Shocking Truth About Sleep!

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DailyShelf Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds cover

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

Unlock Your Inner Beast Mode

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DailyShelf Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity cover

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Live Longer, Better, Stronger

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DailyShelf A Brief History of Time cover

A Brief History of Time

Understand the universe's biggest mysteries easily!

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DailyShelf Man's Search for Meaning cover

Man's Search for Meaning

Find Your Purpose, Change Everything

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DailyShelf Guns, Germs, and Steel cover

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Discover Why Some Societies Conquered Others!

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DailyShelf When Breath Becomes Air cover

When Breath Becomes Air

What Makes Life Worth Living? Find Out Now!

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DailyShelf The Gulag Archipelago cover

The Gulag Archipelago

Uncover Hidden Human Resilience

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DailyShelf Lifespan: Why We Age
—and Why We Don't Have To cover

Lifespan: Why We Age —and Why We Don't Have To

Hack Your Body, Live Longer

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DailyShelf Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Discover the Shocking Story of Humanity!

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DailyShelf Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential cover

Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Organize Your Brain, Live Better

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DailyShelf Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character cover

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character

Think Like a Genius, Live Wild

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DailyShelf The Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study cover

The Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

The Secret to a Good Life

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DailyShelf The War on Sensemaking cover

The War on Sensemaking

Understand the Modern World

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DailyShelf Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study cover

Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

Unlock secrets to a good life

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DailyShelf Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Learn Smarter, Not Harder

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DailyShelf The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark cover

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Spot Fake News Like A Pro

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DailyShelf Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To cover

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

Unlock Your Immortality Code

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DailyShelf Educated cover

Educated

Escape Your Past, Forge Your Own Future!

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DailyShelf Chat GPT Mastery: Unleash the Power of AI cover

Chat GPT Mastery: Unleash the Power of AI

Unlock AI Superpowers Now

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DailyShelf The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age cover

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

Predict Your Future Wealth

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DailyShelf Limitless cover

Limitless

Unlock your brain's hidden power.

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DailyShelf Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End cover

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Live Better, Die Better

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DailyShelf Just Mercy cover

Just Mercy

The Justice System Is Broken

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DailyShelf Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making cover

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Unlock Your Inner Creator Genius

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DailyShelf Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Why We Do That

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DailyShelf The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race cover

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Edit Your Genes, Change Life!

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DailyShelf The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure cover

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Stop Snowflaking, Level Up Now

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DailyShelf Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life cover

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Master Your Focus, Own Your Time!

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DailyShelf Outlive the F*cking Odds: Master the Science & Art of Longevity cover

Outlive the F*cking Odds: Master the Science & Art of Longevity

Live Longer, Live Better NOW!

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