Books like A Brief History of Time

If you liked A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson · 2003

    Because shares tags: science, physics.

    Bryson asks how we know what we know, from atoms to continents, with humor and awe.

  2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond · 1997

    Because shares tags: science, nonfiction.

    Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.

  3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    Rebecca Skloot · 2010

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, science.

    The cells of a poor Black tobacco farmer revolutionized medicine, taken without her knowledge in 1951.

  4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

    Because shares tags: science, nonfiction.

    Harari's Sapiens from cover to cover: the cognitive revolution, the agricultural bargain, shared fictions like money and nations, and the…

  5. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · 2014

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.

  6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson · 2006

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.

  7. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  8. The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu · 2008 · Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

    Because shares tag: physics.

    A physicist meets a secret from the Cultural Revolution and a game that models a dying alien sky.

  9. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  10. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

    Marie Kondo · 2011

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Marie Kondo teaches the KonMari method: keep only what sparks joy, tidied by category for a lasting home reset.

  11. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · 2011

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty.

  12. The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch · 2008

    Because shares tag: nonfiction.

    Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.

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