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Most Recommended The books the most people in the directory back, ranked. 2,310 recommendations People Browse every person we track and their full reading list. 463 profiles Books Every book in the directory, with who recommended it and where. 2,931 books Topics Leadership, chess, Russia. Follow a thread across people and books. 268 topics Genres History, fiction, memoir. Browse the shelves the classic way. 92 genres

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Anders Roslund Portrait of Anders Roslund 3 recommended 3 written Nino Haratischwili Portrait of Nino Haratischwili 5 recommended 2 written Yosri Fouda Portrait of Yosri Fouda 5 recommended 2 written Karin Tidbeck Portrait of Karin Tidbeck 5 recommended 3 written Paulo Coelho Portrait of Paulo Coelho 5 recommended 3 written Börge Hellström Portrait of Börge Hellström 2 recommended 3 written Ma Jian Portrait of Ma Jian 5 recommended 3 written Chan Koonchung Portrait of Chan Koonchung 5 recommended 1 written

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El arte de la guerra

Sun Tzu
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Los líderes comen al final

Simon Sinek
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El cisne negro

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Fuera de serie

Malcolm Gladwell
Cover of La semana laboral de 4 horas

La semana laboral de 4 horas

Timothy Ferriss
Cover of The Lack of Light

The Lack of Light

Nino Haratischwili
Cover of The Eighth Life (for Brilka)

The Eighth Life (for Brilka)

Nino Haratischwili
Cover of Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren
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Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta

Aglaja Veteranyi
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Sabbath’s Theater

Philip Roth
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The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov
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Capture or Kill

Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding

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