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24 alternatives to Fruitless Fall

The collapse of the honey bee

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fruitless Fall launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Madness, Rack, and Honey▲61

   A book for anyone interested in the human heart

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Deep▲64

   Freediving, renegade science, + the secrets of the ocean

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Utopia Experiment▲103

   An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Inventology▲72

   How we dream up things that change the world

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable▲87

    The extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Book of Disquiet▲61

    A haunting mosaic of dreams

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Zero-Sum Society▲61

    Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Take Off With Elixir▲61

    An Introduction to Elixir

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Black Swan▲2

    The Impact of the Highly Improbable

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Prosper!▲55

    How to create a world worth inheriting

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Dim Sum Field Guide▲62

    A taxonomy of dumplings

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bushcraft 101▲54

    A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The End of Jobs▲98

    Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    BubbleSort Zines▲64

    Zines about computer science!

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Unsplash Book▲107

    The world's first 'fully' open source book

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Breaking Busy▲64

    How to find peace and purpose in a world of crazy

    2016 · its alternatives →

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