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The Best Books on the Great Divergence ↗

The books people recommended

2022-08-26 · 79 points · 86 comments · 4 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 3

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    3 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1

    Why Nations Fail

    Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

    1 here · 19 all-time · #329 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,898 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1Silk Roads

    Silk Roads

    Peter Frankopan

    1 here · 8 all-time · #809 overall

  4. 1The WEIRDest people in the world

    The WEIRDest people in the world

    Joseph Henrich

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1146 overall