The nonfiction book of the decade.

International bestseller with over 23 million copies sold. Translated into 65 languages. Number 1 on The New York Times list. Recommended by Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg.

From one of the most interesting historians of today comes Yuval Noah Harari’s fascinating interpretation of the history of humanity. A national and international bestseller, this book explores the ways biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human."

Seventy thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the Earth. Today, only one remains: ours, Homo Sapiens. How did we manage to prevail in the struggle for existence? Why did our hunter-gatherer ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, or human rights; to trust money, books, or laws? How did we end up subjected to bureaucracy, schedules, and consumerism? And what will the world be like in the millennia to come?

In Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari traces a brief history of humanity, from the first humans who walked the Earth to the radical and sometimes devastating advances of the three great revolutions our species has experienced: the cognitive, the agricultural, and the scientific. Drawing on findings from disciplines as diverse as biology, anthropology, and economics, Harari explores how the major currents of history have shaped our society, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has progressed? Will we ever be able to free our behavior from the inheritance of the past? Can we do anything to influence the centuries ahead?

Bold, ambitious, and provocative, this book questions everything we thought we knew about the human being: our origins, our ideas, our actions, our power... and our future.

Reviews:
“The definitive book to understand who we are. Provocative, lucid, it offers an original approach to the essence of the human being.”
Julia Navarro

“Interesting and provocative. This book gives us some perspective on the short time we have been on Earth, the brief life of science and agriculture, and why we should take nothing for granted.”
Barack Obama

“I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a history of humanity that is both entertaining and challenging [...] It’s impossible to put down.”
Bill Gates

“It addresses the most important questions of history and the modern world and is also written in a vivid and unforgettable style.”
Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel

“A book that invites reflection.”
Mark Zuckerberg

“An absorbing review of the human journey, written with rigor and informed irreverence.”
Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País

“A fascinating book, like our species. It will help us know where we come from to decide where we are going. I recommend Sapiens almost before saying hello. Enjoy it!”
Leonor Watling

“Monumental, brilliant, provocative.”
Pablo Jáuregui, El Mundo

“It tells the story of the human being from its origin until it became the king of creation.”
Iñaki Gabilondo