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If you loved Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun, these are the books its readers love most, closest first: chosen from the ratings and recommendations of the readers who loved it. Simple & Direct is recommended on Bookspine by Tim Ferriss.

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No. 2

Atomic Habits

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No. 3

The Artist's Way

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No. 4

Principles

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No. 5

Antifragile

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No. 6

Poor Charlie's Almanack

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No. 7

Essentialism

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No. 8

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

No. 9

A Walk in the Woods

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No. 10

The Origin of Species

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No. 11

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

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No. 12

The Magic of Thinking Big

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No. 13

As a Man Thinketh

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No. 14

Bad Science

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No. 15

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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No. 16

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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No. 17

10% Happier

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No. 18

13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese

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No. 19

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No. 20

A Lycanthropy Reader

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No. 21

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No. 22

Abundance

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No. 23

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No. 24

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