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no. 13 | Ray Kurzweil
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This list is a selection of books most frequently covered by book bloggers. We surveyed 5,000 of the most-read blogs to create this top 20 list.

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book: the Singularity is Near
deck: When humans transcend biology.
author: by Ray Kurzweil
genre: non-fiction
year: 2005

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1. |

book: Freakanomics
deck: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.
author: by Steven D. Levitt + Stephen J. Dubner
genre: non-fiction


2. |

book: Harry Potter and the half-blood prince.
deck: book 6
by: JK Rowling
genre: fiction


3. |

book: Blink
deck: The power of thinking without thinking.
author: by Malcolm Gladwell
genre: non-fiction


4. |

book: The world is flat.
deck: A brief history of the 21st century.
author: by Thomas L. Friedman
genre: non-fiction


5. |

book: Getting things done.
deck: The art of stress-free productivity.
author: by David Allen
genre: non-fiction


6. |

book: Collapse
deck: How societies choose to fail or succeed.
author: by Jared Diamond
genre: non-fiction


7. |

book: Blog
deck: Understanding the information reformation that’s changing your world.
author: by Hugh Hewitt
genre: non-fiction


8. |

book: GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES
author: Jared Diamond

9. |

book: THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
author: Malcolm Gladwell

10. |

book: THE DA VINCI CODE
author: Dan Brown

11. |

book: STATE OF FEAR
author: Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, December 2004)
Blog Posts About This Book


12. |

book: THE WISDOM OF CROWDS: WHY THE MANY ARE SMARTER THAN THE FEW AND HOW COLLECTIVE WISDOM SHAPES BUSINESS, ECONOMIES, SOCIETIES AND NATIONS
author: James Surowiecki (Doubleday, May 2004)


13. |

book: THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR
deck: WHEN HUMANS TRANSCEND BIOLOGY
author: Ray Kurzweil


14. |

book: 1984
author: George Orwell (Signet)
Blog Posts About This Book


15. |

book: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
author: C. S. Lewis (HarperTrophy)
Blog Posts About This Book


16. |

book: UNHINGED: EXPOSING LIBERALS GONE WILD
author: Michelle Malkin (Regnery, October 2005)
Blog Posts About This Book


17. |

book: WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?: HOW CONSERVATIVES WON THE HEART OF AMERICA
author: Thomas Frank (Metropolitan Books, June 2004)
Blog Posts About This Book


18. |

book: HELP! MOM! THERE ARE LIBERALS UNDER MY BED
author: Katharine DeBrecht (Kids Ahead, September 2005)
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19. |

book: PODCASTING: THE DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
author: Todd Cochrane (Wiley, August 2005)
Blog Posts About This Book


20. |

book: THE FAIRTAX BOOK
author: Neil Bortz and Jon Lender (Regan, August 2005)
Blog Posts About This Book