The title is completely wrong: it should be "Books with high Goodreads score." Also, arguably, all books (or at least should be) are mind-expanding as they pro

The title is completely wrong: it should be "Books with high Goodreads score." Also, arguably, all books (or at least should be) are mind-expanding as they provide you with new information. As for the quantitative aspect, it is a very individual thing: what is a huge trove of new information for me might be old news for you. With time, what was once new becomes more or less common knowledge. Personally, I find the books on the limits of science to fall in this category - especially our grasp of micro- and macrocosm, but also biology and neuroscience. Chemistry is extremely interesting but my feeling is that there aren't that many breakthrough developments these days; nevertheless, it's fascinating to observe, say, the influence of various alkaloids on living organisms - there is so much to discover here. I love books by specialists in the field, preparing a meta-analysis of various phenomena, and then proposing a novel explanation for them.