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Blindsight by Peter Watts.

The Lord of the Rings, for its combination of story, interior drama, and (underrated) political economy.

5. <em>Man's Search for Meaning</em> by Viktor Frankl

4. <em>Hackers & Painters</em> by Paul Graham

1. <em>Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience</em> by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind

Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, for explaining so much personally and culturally so concisely.

Heart of Darkness by Conrad, who seems more prophetic all the time.

6. <em>Stumbling on Happiness</em> by Daniel Gilbert

try reading The Game by Neil Strauss

Steven Berlin Johnson's new book Where Ideas Come From looks promising

The Shadow of the Wind is fantastic

3. <em>The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature</em> by Geoffrey Miller