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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

 

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

 

Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

 

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark

 

Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Orestes and Erik M. Conway

 

Our Final Invention by James Barrat

 

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J.E. Gordon

 

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

 

The 'Culture' series by Iain M. Banks

 

The Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov

 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien

 

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein

 

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel