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Books like The Captive Mind

The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz is about totalitarianism, ideology, intellectual compromise. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · History

    Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.

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  2. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

    Yuval Noah Harari · History

    Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.

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  3. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy

    Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.

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  4. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

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    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

    Charles C. Mann · History

    Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.

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  5. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
    1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

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    1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

    Charles C. Mann · History

    Where 1491 ends, 1493 begins.

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  6. 1776
    1776

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    1776

    David McCullough · History

    David McCullough's 1776, published in 2005, covers a single year of the American Revolution — from the winter siege of Boston through Washington's crossing of the Delaware and the surprise victory at Trenton.

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