Best Liberal Arts Books for Beginners
Level 45 books
45 Liberal Arts books ranked by developer recommendations — ideal if you're just getting started. Top picks include The Design of Everyday Things and Algorithms to Live By.
Rankings
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The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
120 in 90d
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30
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Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
111 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
24.3
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Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
100 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
23
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
92 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
22.1
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
100 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
21
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The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday
51 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
13.3
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
50 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
12.5
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A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
41 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
10.8
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Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
40 in 90d
data-scienceliberal-artsdata
10
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Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
40 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
10
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The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
40 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
10
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
40 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
10
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
42 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
9.6
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Hello World
Hannah Fry
40 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
8
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Ghost in the Wires
Kevin Mitnick
30 in 90d
liberal-artscomputer-sciencebackend
7.5
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The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
30 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
7.5
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk
30 in 90d
liberal-artsfrontend
7.5
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The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
30 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
7.5
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The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco
30 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
7.5
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So You Want To Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo
30 in 90d
liberal-artsbackend
7.5
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