These six books tell the stories of people, places and problems that have driven humanity’s understanding of the world. A Short History of Nearly Everything. By Bill Bryson. Crown; 560 pages; $20.

The four chapters in the book — how we live, how we argue, how we change and how we find contentment — merge at the end to create a full, non-judgmental understanding of how we, as humans, work.

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These insightful books ask questions about how we use design today and how we should think about it moving forward.

The essays in “How to Read Now” pose earnest questions about interpretation, inheritance and human understanding.

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