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Let's call it my summer of becoming more well-rounded. Last summer I briefly (i.e. flipping through a book) toyed with the idea of reading the entire Very Short Introduction series, but I didn't. However, in my desire to read and negotiate more nonfiction is there a better place to start? (Yes, that's rhetorical!) Here is the list of currently published Introductions and those with asterisks I own and those with strikes I've read:
1. Classics *
2. Music
3. Buddhism
4. Literary Theory *
5. Hinduism *
6. Psychology
7. Islam *
8. Politics
9. Theology
10. Archaeology
11. Judaism *
12. Sociology
13. The Koran *
14. The Bible
15. Social and Cultural Anthropology
16. History
17. Roman Britain
18. The Anglo-Saxon Age
19. Medieval Britain
20. The Tudors
21. Stuart Britain
22. Eighteenth-Century Britain
23. Nineteenth-Century Britain
24. Twentieth-Century Britain
25. Heidegger
26. Ancient Philosophy
27. Socrates
28. Marx
29. Logic
30. Descartes
31. Machiavelli*
32. Aristotle
33. Hume
34. Nietzsche
35. Darwin
36. European Union
37. Gandhi
38. Augustine
39. Intelligence
40. Jung
41. Buddha
42. Paul
43. Continental Philosophy
44. Galileo
45. Freud
46. Wittgenstein *
47. Indian Philosophy *
48. Rousseau
49. Hegel
50. Kant *
51. Cosmology
52. Drugs
53. Russian Literature
54. The French Revolution
55. Philosophy
56. Barthes
57. Animal Rights
58. Kierkegaard
59. Russell
60. Shakespeare
61. Clausewitz
62. Schopenhauer
63. The Russian Revolution
64. Hobbes
65. World Music
66. Mathematics *
67. Philosophy of Science
68. Cryptography
69. Quantum Theory
70. Spinoza
71. Choice Theory
72. Architecture *
73. Poststructuralism *
74. Postmodernism *
75. Democracy
76. Empire
77. Fascism
78. Terrorism
79. Plato
80. Ethics
81. Emotion
82. Northern Ireland
83. Art Theory
84. Locke
85. Modern Ireland
86. Globalization New Edition
87. Cold War
88. The History of Astronomy
89. Schizophrenia
90. The Earth
91. Engels
92. British Politics
93. Linguistics
94. The Celts
95. Ideology
96. Prehistory
97. Political Philosophy
98. Postcolonialism
99. Atheism *
100. Evolution
101. Molecules
102. Art History *103. Presocratic Philosophy
104. The Elements
105. Dada and Surrealism
106. Egyptian Myth
107. Christian Art
108. Capitalism
109. Particle Physics
110. Free Will
111. Myth
112. Hieroglyphs
113. Ancient Egypt
114. Medical Ethics
115. Kafka
116. Anarchism
117. Ancient Warfare
118. Global Warming New Edition *?
119. Christianity
120. Modern Art
121. Consciousness
122. Foucault *
123. Spanish Civil War
124. Marquis de Sade
125. Habermas
126. Socialism *
127. Dreaming
128. Dinosaurs
129. Renaissance Art
130. Buddhist Ethics
131. Tragedy
132. Sikhism *
133. Time, The History of
134. Nationalism
135. World Trade Organization
136. Design
137. Vikings
138. Fossils
139. Journalism
140. Crusades
141. Feminism
141. Human Evolution
143. Dead Sea Scrolls
144. Brain
145. Global Catastrophes
146. Contemporary Art
147. Philosophy of Law
148. The Renaissance
149. Anglicanism
150. The Roman Empire
151. Photography
152. Psychiatry
153. Existentialism
154. First World War
155. Fundamentalism
156. Economics
157. International Migration
158. Newton
159. Chaos
160. African History
161. Racism
162. Kabbalah
163. Human Rights
164. International Relations
165. The American Presidency
166. The Great Depression and the New Deal
167. Classical Mythology
168. New Testament as Literature
169. American Political Parties and Elections
170. Bestsellers
171. Geopolitics
172. Antisemitism
173. Game Theory
174. HIV/AIDS
175. Documentary Film
176. Modern China
177. The Quakers
178. German Literature
179. Nuclear Weapons
180. Law
181. The Old Testament
182. Galaxies
183. Mormonism
184. Religion in America
185. Geography
186. The Meaning of Life
187. Sexuality
188. Nelson Mandela
189. Science and Religion
190. Relativity
191. The History of Medicine
192. Citizenship
193. History of Life (The)
194. Memory
195. Autism
196. Statistics
197. Scotland
198. Catholicism
199. The United Nations *
200. Free Speech
201. Apocryphal Gospels (The)
202. Modern Japan
203. Lincoln
1. Classics *
2. Music
3. Buddhism
4. Literary Theory *
5. Hinduism *
6. Psychology
7. Islam *
8. Politics
9. Theology
10. Archaeology
11. Judaism *
12. Sociology
13. The Koran *
14. The Bible
15. Social and Cultural Anthropology
16. History
17. Roman Britain
18. The Anglo-Saxon Age
19. Medieval Britain
20. The Tudors
21. Stuart Britain
22. Eighteenth-Century Britain
23. Nineteenth-Century Britain
24. Twentieth-Century Britain
25. Heidegger
26. Ancient Philosophy
27. Socrates
28. Marx
29. Logic
30. Descartes
31. Machiavelli*
32. Aristotle
33. Hume
34. Nietzsche
35. Darwin
36. European Union
37. Gandhi
38. Augustine
39. Intelligence
40. Jung
41. Buddha
42. Paul
43. Continental Philosophy
44. Galileo
45. Freud
46. Wittgenstein *
47. Indian Philosophy *
48. Rousseau
49. Hegel
50. Kant *
51. Cosmology
52. Drugs
53. Russian Literature
54. The French Revolution
55. Philosophy
56. Barthes
57. Animal Rights
58. Kierkegaard
59. Russell
60. Shakespeare
61. Clausewitz
62. Schopenhauer
63. The Russian Revolution
64. Hobbes
65. World Music
66. Mathematics *
67. Philosophy of Science
68. Cryptography
69. Quantum Theory
70. Spinoza
71. Choice Theory
72. Architecture *
73. Poststructuralism *
74. Postmodernism *
75. Democracy
76. Empire
77. Fascism
78. Terrorism
79. Plato
80. Ethics
81. Emotion
82. Northern Ireland
83. Art Theory
84. Locke
85. Modern Ireland
86. Globalization New Edition
87. Cold War
88. The History of Astronomy
89. Schizophrenia
90. The Earth
91. Engels
92. British Politics
93. Linguistics
94. The Celts
95. Ideology
96. Prehistory
97. Political Philosophy
98. Postcolonialism
99. Atheism *
100. Evolution
101. Molecules
102. Art History *103. Presocratic Philosophy
104. The Elements
105. Dada and Surrealism
106. Egyptian Myth
107. Christian Art
108. Capitalism
109. Particle Physics
110. Free Will
111. Myth
112. Hieroglyphs
113. Ancient Egypt
114. Medical Ethics
115. Kafka
116. Anarchism
117. Ancient Warfare
118. Global Warming New Edition *?
119. Christianity
120. Modern Art
121. Consciousness
122. Foucault *
123. Spanish Civil War
124. Marquis de Sade
125. Habermas
126. Socialism *
127. Dreaming
128. Dinosaurs
129. Renaissance Art
130. Buddhist Ethics
131. Tragedy
132. Sikhism *
133. Time, The History of
134. Nationalism
135. World Trade Organization
136. Design
137. Vikings
138. Fossils
139. Journalism
140. Crusades
141. Feminism
141. Human Evolution
143. Dead Sea Scrolls
144. Brain
145. Global Catastrophes
146. Contemporary Art
147. Philosophy of Law
148. The Renaissance
149. Anglicanism
150. The Roman Empire
151. Photography
152. Psychiatry
153. Existentialism
154. First World War
155. Fundamentalism
156. Economics
157. International Migration
158. Newton
159. Chaos
160. African History
161. Racism
162. Kabbalah
163. Human Rights
164. International Relations
165. The American Presidency
166. The Great Depression and the New Deal
167. Classical Mythology
168. New Testament as Literature
169. American Political Parties and Elections
170. Bestsellers
171. Geopolitics
172. Antisemitism
173. Game Theory
174. HIV/AIDS
175. Documentary Film
176. Modern China
177. The Quakers
178. German Literature
179. Nuclear Weapons
180. Law
181. The Old Testament
182. Galaxies
183. Mormonism
184. Religion in America
185. Geography
186. The Meaning of Life
187. Sexuality
188. Nelson Mandela
189. Science and Religion
190. Relativity
191. The History of Medicine
192. Citizenship
193. History of Life (The)
194. Memory
195. Autism
196. Statistics
197. Scotland
198. Catholicism
199. The United Nations *
200. Free Speech
201. Apocryphal Gospels (The)
202. Modern Japan
203. Lincoln