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24 alternatives to The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

A major book about the future of the world

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Eradication▲65

   Ridding the world of diseases forever?

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable▲87

   The extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Origin of Species▲81

   Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Darwin’s On the Origin of Species▲61

   A Picture Book Adaptation

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Competing for the Future▲54

   The art of planning for the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Unscientific America▲54

   How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Homo Deus▲105

   A Brief History of Tomorrow

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World▲62

   German naturalist who created modern environmentalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

    Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

    An optimistic road map for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Fruitless Fall▲60

    The collapse of the honey bee

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Deep Survival▲62

    Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    What "Disruption" Really Means▲152

    An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Vital Question▲55

    Energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Fake Science 101▲60

    A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cosmopolis▲66

    The hidden agenda of modernity

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Deep Simplicity▲62

    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

    2015 · its alternatives →

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