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5 Best Geography Books

Goal: Find the best Geography books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best geography books" and study the top 3+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

5 Best Geography Books

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1

Prisoners of Geography

Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

by Tim Marshall

Also recommended by:

Fareed Zakaria

2

How to Lie with Maps

by Mark Monmonier

3

Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

4

The Geography of Genius

A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley

by Eric Weiner

5

You Are Here

Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination

by Katharine Harmon

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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