Sapiens

"A history of the human species. The observations, frameworks, and mental models will have you looking at history and your fellow humans differently."

""An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now. Humans are story-telling alpha predators that killed the competition and domesticated the survivors. This is our story, and it's not all pretty.""

"Best book I've read in [2015]."

"Best book I've read in [2015]."

"Truly mind-blowing. It’s changed the way I look at almost everything. I can’t endorse it enough."

"I’ve said it before and I’ll definitely say it in the future, the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is truly mind-blowing. It’s changed the way I look at almost everything. I can’t endorse it enough."

"Unbelievably good book. Jaw dropping from the first word to the last. Best £9.99 I've spent in ages."

"Really enjoying “Sapiens” by yuval_noah_harari It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species."

"It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species."

"One of the most talked about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason. Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history."

"Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure."

"3 books I recommended on Pomp's podcast. These books help you understand how our world works (or doesn’t work). This understanding is essential for success."

"Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."

"One of the books I’ve given most as a gift."

"One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

"Tells the major revolutions of human history."

"Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com."

"One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"Q: Are there any books you haven’t mentioned that you feel would make your reading list? P.A.: I would also include the following books: The Emperor of All Maladies, Where Men Win Glory, The President’s Club, The Most Important Thing, Sapiens, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, 10 Percent Happier, The Rommel Papers, King of the World, The Corner and Good Calories, Bad Calories."

"Love this book still."

"Love this book still"

"It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical. It’s written by Yuval Noah Harari. I heard him speak and it’s fascinating. It’s about humanity and how we came to be. It’s a book that I carried around for a while but it’s like 500 pages."

"An amazing book on the beginning of humanity."

"A great book about how we’ve evolved and why we have anxiety."

"Really great book"

"I’m going to give Sapiens over and over again to everyone I know."

"The brainy book I seem to be sharing or talking about the most lately."

"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history."

"A previous favorite."

"It explains human behavior and why we are the way we are in human civilization from soup to nuts. And I’ve read it now a couple of times. It’s a pretty astonishing book."

"Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post."

"A big history narrative of human civilization."

"A grand theory of humanity."

"I just love the style of his writing."

"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time."

"[One of the] best books I read in 2017."

"Penn Jillette mentioned this book in a New York Times interview."

"I couldn’t put Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari down. I found Harari’s writing to be engaging yet academic and authoritative—that’s not easy to do. It inspired me to see if my writing could have a similar impact."

"Ray Dalio mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

"Fascinating because of its multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding human society, our behaviour and our future."

"Mark Manson recommended this book on his website."

"Sam Kass recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book."

"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share."

"Provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today."

"I really enjoyed Sapiens."