Science stories
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Narrative non-fiction
Freakonomics
Stephen J. Dubner
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Biology
Neil Alexander Campbell
Reference
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Alexander D. Johnson
Artificial intelligence
Peter Norvig
Ultralearning
Scott Young
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Essays
What If?
Randall Munroe
Mindset: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Carol S. Dweck
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney
Drive
Daniel H. Pink