Lists of Bests: dandv's "Paradigm-shifting books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61132 Books which after read, will make you see the world with different eyes. Books which you'll keep mentioning in intelligent conversation. Books you wish you had time to re-read, and you wish someone else read. Listed in vague order of increasing shift. See also my list of movies you'll think about, http://www.listsofbests.com/list/45069 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:31:16 GMT en-us 0 50 18 0 0 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7825 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345409469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Sagan</div> The Giver http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12522 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12522"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440237688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39215717_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lois Lowry</div> Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14667 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14667"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/048627263X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwin A. Abbott</div> Anthem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452281253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> God's Debris: A Thought Experiment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20727 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20727"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0740747878.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Adams</div> The Religion War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20728 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20728"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0740747886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Adams</div> Atlas Shrugged http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Diaspora. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160819 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/3453161815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Egan</div> The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0199291152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> The Wisdom of Crowds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52270 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52270"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385721706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Surowiecki</div> The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393315703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> Against Love: A Polemic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1282351 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1282351"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719326.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Kipnis</div> The God Delusion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2822407 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2822407"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01vb-tG7pUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316346624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> Do You Think What You Think You Think? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2930694 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2930694"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/011hBHmx8CL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Baggini</div> Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/673744 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/673744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316010669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465026567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas R. Hofstadter</div>