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A cheeky, pocket-sized survival guide for navigating a world obsessed with misleading data. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with How to Lie with Statistics.
- skeptical
- playful
- eye-opening
- 01
The cartoon guide to statistics
Larry Gonick · 1993
A delightfully nerdy and reassuring visual journey that transforms intimidating math into accessible, laugh-out-loud logic.
- 02
Statistics Done Wrong
Alex Reinhart
A pithy, eye-opening guide that transforms the dread of statistical errors into empowering methodological clarity.
- 03
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte · 1983
A masterclass in visual elegance that transforms how you see and communicate complex truths.
- 04
Storytelling with Data
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
A clarifying, highly visual masterclass in turning dense spreadsheets into compelling, persuasive narratives.
- 05
The Lady Tasting Tea
David Salsburg
An illuminating journey through the intellectual breakthroughs and statistical theories that quietly reshaped modern scientific inquiry.
- 06
Basic statistics
Chris Spatz · 1976
A patient, structured guide that transforms the daunting world of numbers into an accessible toolkit for understanding reality.
- 07
Living in Data
Jer Thorp
A provocative and eye-opening journey into the invisible numbers that shape our social reality.
- 08
Calling Bullshit
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West
A witty, empowering toolkit for cutting through the noise of a data-drenched world.
- 09
Introduction to mathematical statistics
Robert V. Hogg · 1959
A rigorous, uncompromising journey into the mathematical bedrock of probability and statistical inference.
- 10
Information is Beautiful
David McCandless
A visually stunning antidote to information overload that transforms complex data into beautiful, digestible art.
- 11
Everybody lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
An eye-opening exploration of the digital footprints that reveal what society is really thinking when no one is looking.
- 12
Fooled by randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001
A provocative, intellectual cold shower that shatters your illusions of control and makes you question every success story you have ever heard.











