Non-Fiction

Science:

✩✩✩✩✩ A Briefer History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
✩✩✩✩✩ The Universe in a Nutshell (Stephen Hawking)
✩✩✩✩ Black Holes and Baby Universes (Stephen Hawking)
✩✩✩ The Trouble with Physics (Lee Smolin)
✩✩ Astronomy (Yale, Charles Bailyn)

Psychology:

Philosophy:

✩✩✩✩ Philosophy of Death (Yale, Shelly Kagan)
✩✩✩ Principles of Philosophy (Rene Descartes)

Writing:

✩✩✩✩ Writing Great Fiction (Great Courses, James Hynes)
✩✩✩ Reading Like a Writer (Francine Prose)
✩✩✩ On Writing (Stephen King)
✩✩ Writing (Brandon Sanderson)

History:

✩✩✩✩✩ Achaemenid Empire 550–330 BC (Great Courses, John W. Lee)
✩✩✩✩✩ Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations (Great Courses, Kenneth W. Harl)
✩✩✩✩✩ The World of Biblical Israel (Great Courses, Cynthia R. Chapman)
✩✩✩✩ Jewish Mysticism (Great Courses, Kalman Bland)
✩✩✩✩ Old Testament (Great Courses, Amy-Jill Levine)
✩✩✩ Ancient Egypt (Great Courses, Bob Brier)
✩✩✩ Mesopotamia (Great Courses, Alexis Q. Castor)
✩✩✩ The Religion of the Ancient Mediterranean World (Creat Courses, Glenn S. Holland)
✩✩ Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations (Great Courses, Brian M. Fagan)
✩✩ Ancient Near Eastern Mythology (Great Courses, Shalom L. Goldman)

Politics:

✩✩✩✩✩ The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli)
✩✩ Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)