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.
Top 50 Books for The Human Story
Our top recommendations for this topic.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Uncover Cancer's Epic Story!
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
Who are you, really?
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Discover the shocking truth about medical ethics!
Homo Sapiens: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Future Shock: Are You Ready?
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Your Friends Control You!
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Most Crucial Dilemmas
AI Will Change Everything
The Gene: An Intimate History
Unlock Your DNA Secrets
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Why The World Is Better
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
Escape constant urgency now!
Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber
See How Tech Empires Fall
The Demon in the Freezer
The Next Global Threat
The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit
Is Tech Changing Your Soul?
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
We Broke Earth, Now What?
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Your Data Is The Product
The War of the Worlds
Future Shock: Prepare Yourself Now
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Eat Smarter, Live Better
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Unmasking Tech's Hidden Biases
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Reclaim Your Focus Now
You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto
Stop Being The Product
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Is Tech Brainwashing You?
The Anthropocene Reviewed
See the World Differently
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
What Happens After Humans Win?
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Fix Humanity's Global Problems
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
Your Body's Secret History Revealed
The Cult of Information
Unplug from data overload.
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
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Understand Our Wild World
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Science Is Not What You Think
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
Tech's Wild Origin Story
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Think Like A Genius
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Unlock Your Inner Beast Mode
Why We Sleep
Discover The Shocking Truth About Sleep!
Lifespan: Why We Age —and Why We Don't Have To
Hack Your Body, Live Longer
The Gulag Archipelago
Uncover Hidden Human Resilience
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Discover Why Some Societies Conquered Others!
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Live Longer, Better, Stronger
Man's Search for Meaning
Find Your Purpose, Change Everything
When Breath Becomes Air
What Makes Life Worth Living? Find Out Now!
A Brief History of Time
Understand the universe's biggest mysteries easily!
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Discover the Shocking Story of Humanity!
The War on Sensemaking
Understand the Modern World
The Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
The Secret to a Good Life
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Organize Your Brain, Live Better
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
Think Like a Genius, Live Wild
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
Hack Your Brain For Peak Performance
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
Unlock Your Immortality Code
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Unlock Your Brain's Secret Powers
Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy
Master Your Attention, Master Life
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Unlock Your Inner Genius Mode
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Science Answers Your Moral Questions!