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Books like Cosmos

If you liked Cosmos by Carl Sagan, here are 8 non-fiction books to read next — hand-matched on shared themes and authors, not an algorithm. Each links to where to get it.

  1. #1

    A Brief History of Time

    by Stephen Hawking

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  2. #2

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    by Bill Bryson

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  3. #3

    Behave

    by Robert M. Sapolsky

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  4. #4

    Entangled Life

    by Merlin Sheldrake

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  5. #5

    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

    by Carlo Rovelli

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  6. #6

    Silent Spring

    by Rachel Carson

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  7. #7

    The Gene

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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  8. #8

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    by Rebecca Skloot

    Another science pick — same territory as Cosmos.

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