Sapiens: THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

Yuval Noah Harari

Sep 2014 · Random House

About this ebook

'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama

What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?

One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

PRAISE FOR SAPIENS:

'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans

'Startling... It changes the way you look at the world' Simon Mayo

'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill Gates

Over 2 million copies sold since publication [Nielsen BookScan UK, Circana BookScan US, April 2024]

Ratings and reviews

Very insightful. It openened up some really new, rather unthought of ideas, which surely challenges pre set notion and urges our mind to think upon our existence in a new light. Hopefully, we as a specie can make use of our knowledge, which is our greatest tool to try make our planet a better place to live. Much better than what we have treated it thus far.

The animal that became a god. The afterword of this book summarises it all. We were never meant for all that we do today, but us humans with the power of intelligence and imagination have turned the world around. We did all this at a rate that mother nature couldn't adapt. We are now slaves to are materialistic, romantic desires but we were just meant to be better animals.

Completely different perspective on the history of humans, telling the story in very broad, connected themes, rather than the traditional view of political events. Highly thought provoking at every turn and it can make you very uncomfortable in places. Make space to read it quickly as otherwise you will lose the thread of the argument.

About the author

Prof Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in sixty languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as 'even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens'. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, was a Number One Bestseller and was described by Bill Gates as 'fascinating' and 'crucial'. Harari worked closely with renowned comics illustrator Daniel Casanave and co-writer David Vandermeulen to create his latest book, an adaptation of his first bestseller, Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1.