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This is an organized subset of all the books I’ve rated four or five stars on

my GoodReads profile⁠

Alex's recommended non-fiction

Genre

Cover url

Title and author

My rating

Non-fiction

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Jewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

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by Deborah Dash Moore

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The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in An Automated World

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by Beth Kanter

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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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by David Epstein

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The Obamas

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by Jodi Kantor

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The Elements of Style [Illustrated]

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by William Strunk Jr.

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

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by Mary Roach

Essays

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Essays of E.B. White

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by E.B. White

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I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

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by Nora Ephron

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I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

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by Nora Ephron

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My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays

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by Davy Rothbart

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Bossypants

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by Tina Fey

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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

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by Anne Fadiman

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Shampoo Planet

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by Douglas Coupland

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Wry Martinis

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by Christopher Buckley

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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.

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by David Sedaris

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

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by David Sedaris

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Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America

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by Dan Savage

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Bird by Bird

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by Anne Lamott

Work and business

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Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

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by Gloria Mark

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Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

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by Tara Mohr

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Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters. A Comprehensive Guide for Authors

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by Josh Bernoff

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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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by Cal Newport

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A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond

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by Daniel Susskind

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Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door-Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy

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by Christopher Mims

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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

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by Dan Lyons

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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by Sheryl Sandberg

Tech

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Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

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by Ethan Mollick

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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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by Nir Eyal

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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

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by Sherry Turkle

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Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art

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by Virginia Heffernan

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Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive

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by Devorah Heitner

Neurodiversity & disability

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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

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by Ashley Shew

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The Prodigy's Cousin: The Family Link Between Autism and Extraordinary Talent

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by Joanne Ruthsatz

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Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

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by Daniel J. Siegel

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Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child

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by Stuart Shanker

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Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism

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by Diane M. Kennedy

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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

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by Steve Silberman

Memoir

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Truth & Beauty

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by Ann Patchett

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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

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by Trevor Noah

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Becoming

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by Michelle Obama

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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by Barack Obama

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Look Me in the Eye

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by John Elder Robison

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Girl, Interrupted

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by Susanna Kaysen

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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

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by Abraham Verghese

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The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant

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by Dan Savage

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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

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by Amy Chua

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Between the World and Me

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by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Theater history

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Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

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by Mary Rodgers

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Sense of Occasion

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by Harold Prince

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Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

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by Michael Riedel

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Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway

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by Michael Riedel

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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

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by Todd S. Purdum

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Musical Stages: An Autobiography

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by Richard Rodgers

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Gershwin

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by Edward Jablonski

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The Street Where I Live

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by Alan Jay Lerner

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Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography

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by Edward Jablonski

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Sondheim & Co

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by Craig Zadan

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Sing Out Louise!: 150 Broadway Stars Tell Their Stories

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by Dennis McGovern; Deborah Winer

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The List

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by Yomi Adegoke

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Crook Manifesto

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by Colson Whitehead

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