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!
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Discover the shocking truth about medical ethics!
The Gene: An Intimate History
Unlock Your DNA Secrets
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Why The World Is Better
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
What Happens After Humans Win?
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
Your Body's Secret History Revealed
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Science Is Not What You Think
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Understand Our Wild World
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Think Like A Genius
When Breath Becomes Air
What Makes Life Worth Living? Find Out Now!
A Brief History of Time
Understand the universe's biggest mysteries easily!
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Discover Why Some Societies Conquered Others!
Man's Search for Meaning
Find Your Purpose, Change Everything
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!
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Discover the Shocking Story of Humanity!
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Why We Do That
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Spot Fake News Like A Pro
Educated
Escape Your Past, Forge Your Own Future!
Just Mercy
The Justice System Is Broken
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Live Better, Die Better
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Learn Smarter, Not Harder
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Uncover America's Hidden Journey
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Connect With Earth Now
Cosmos
Mind Blown By Space
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Why Societies Collapse (or Thrive)
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Your Brain's Secret Life Revealed
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Mind Blown: Universe Explained!
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Uncover America's Hidden Hierarchy
Outliers
Discover the Secrets of Success and High Achievement!
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
See The World Differently Now
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Unlock Your Inner Main Character
Becoming Supernatural
Unlock Your Inner Power
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Level Up Your Brain Power
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Stop Lying To Yourself
Debt: The First 5000 Years
Money Is Not What You Think
The Tipping Point
Small Changes, Big Impact
The Lucifer Effect
Why Good People Do Bad?
Factfulness
See the World as It Really Is!
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Humans Are Actually Good
The Right Stuff
Be The Main Character
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
History Is All Wrong
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Trust Your Gut, Win Life
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Unlock Your Breath's Superpowers
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Power Controls Your Every Move
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Housing Crisis: Real Stories!
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Expose Big Pharma's Lies
The Prince
Master Power, Rule Everything
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Uncover Your Hidden Motives Now
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Uncover Hidden Truths Now