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#1
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
  • Sam Kean
3.9420 reads
#1
Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story
Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story
  • J. Maarten Troost
32 reads
#1
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
  • Sam Kean
4.0527 reads
#1
Rabid
Rabid
  • Bill Wasik
  • Monica Murphy
3.5427 reads
#1
Beethoven's Shadow
Beethoven's Shadow
  • Jonathan Biss
02 reads
#1
Stuff Matters
Stuff Matters
  • Mark Miodownik
4.0150 reads
#1
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
  • Bill Bryson
3.779 reads
#1
High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2
High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2
    01 read
    #1
    The Story of Earth
    The Story of Earth
    • Robert M. Hazen
    3.256 reads
    #1
    Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
    Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
    • J. Maarten Troost
    48 reads
    #1
    The Inventor and the Tycoon
    The Inventor and the Tycoon
    • Edward Ball
    32 reads
    #1
    Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
    Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
    • Jill Heinerth
    3.8115 reads
    #1
    Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
    Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
    • Ben Montgomery
    44 reads
    #1
    The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
    The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
    • Laurie Garrett
    4.438 reads
    #1
    The Botany of Desire
    The Botany of Desire
    • Michael Pollan
    4.0263 reads
    #1
    The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
    The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
    • Jonathan Weiner
    4.513 reads
    #1
    The Ice Balloon
    The Ice Balloon
    • Alec Wilkinson
    3.754 reads
    #1
    Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
    Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
    • Julie Rehmeyer
    01 read
    #1
    Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
    Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
    • Brian Hicks
    • Schuyler Kropf
    41 read
    #1
    Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
    Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
    • Arlene Blum
    43 reads
    #1
    Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine
    Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine
    • Nicholas Wright Gillham
    31 read
    #1
    Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
    Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
    • Laurence Gonzales
    3.6320 reads
    #1
    Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
    Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
    • Daniel Lenihan
    41 read
    #1
    The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
    The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
    • Bill Bryson
    3.7178 reads
    #1
    Cover 7

    When I Fell From the Sky

    When I Fell From the Sky
    • Juliane Koepcke
    • Ross Benjamin (Translator)
    32 reads
    #1
    Shrill
    Shrill
    • Lindy West
    4.23106 reads
    #1
    Seven Summits
    Seven Summits
    • Dick Bass
    • Frank Wells
    • Rick Ridgeway
    3.53 reads
    #1
    Island on Fire
    Island on Fire
    • Alexandra Witze
    • Jeff Kanipe
    4.52 reads
    #1
    Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
    Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
    • James Holland
    32 reads
    #1
    The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
    The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
    • Sean Carroll
    36 reads
    #1
    Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
    Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
    • Rob Manning
    • William L. Simon
    3.68 reads
    #1
    In A Sunburned Country
    In A Sunburned Country
    • Bill Bryson
    4144 reads
    #1
    The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
    The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
    • Amanda Ripley
    428 reads
    #1
    Pitch Perfect : The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
    Pitch Perfect : The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
    • Mickey Rapkin
    34 reads
    #1
    Jim Henson: The Biography
    Jim Henson: The Biography
    • Brian Jay Jones
    3.9318 reads
    #1
    Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
    Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
    • David Quammen
    4.4430 reads
    #1
    Inflight Science: A Guide to the World From Your Airplane Window
    Inflight Science: A Guide to the World From Your Airplane Window
    • Brian Clegg
    01 read
    #1
    Shakespeare: The World as Stage
    Shakespeare: The World as Stage
    • Bill Bryson
    • Auke Leistra (translator)
    3.5761 reads
    #1
    The Hoarder in You
    The Hoarder in You
    • Robin Zasio
    3.59 reads
    #1
    The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
    The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
    • Robert D. Ballard
    • Will Hively
    41 read
    #1
    The Autistic Brain
    The Autistic Brain
    • Temple Grandin
    • Richard Panek
    3.3311 reads
    #1
    The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
    The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
    • Gavin de Becker
    4.1677 reads
    #1
    The Seashell on the Mountaintop
    The Seashell on the Mountaintop
    • Alan Cutler
    41 read
    #1
    Cover 2

    Automate this

    Automate this : how algorithms came to rule our world
    • Christopher Steiner
    3.6310 reads
    #1
    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
    • Mary Roach
    3.92117 reads
    #1
    One Summer: America, 1927
    One Summer: America, 1927
    • Bill Bryson
    4.0373 reads
    #1
    Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
    Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
    • James Mahaffey
    4.59 reads
    #1
    Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
    Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
    • Wendy Orent
    41 read
    #1
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
    • Jenny Lawson
    3.91161 reads
    #1
    What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
    What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
    • Robert L. Wolke
    3.610 reads
    #1
    Shit Doesn't Just Happen: Titanic, Kegworth, Custer, Schoolhouse, Donner, Tulips, Apollo 13: The Gift of Failure
    Shit Doesn't Just Happen: Titanic, Kegworth, Custer, Schoolhouse, Donner, Tulips, Apollo 13: The Gift of Failure
    • Bob Mayer
    01 read
    #1
    Visit Sunny Chernobyl
    Visit Sunny Chernobyl
    • Andrew Blackwell
    35 reads
    #1
    Swimming To Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
    Swimming To Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
    • Lynne Cox
    4.335 reads
    #1
    View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
    View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
    • Edmund Hillary
    01 read
    #1
    Thin Ice
    Thin Ice
    • Mark Bowen
    01 read
    #1
    Cover 4

    The Folklore of Discworld

    The Folklore of Discworld: Legends, Myths, and Customs from the Discworld with Helpful Hints from Planet Earth
    • Terry Pratchett
    • Jacqueline Simpson
    02 reads
    #1
    Blood, Sweat and Tea
    Blood, Sweat and Tea
    • Tom Reynolds
    48 reads
    #1
    The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing
    The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing
    • John R. Perry
    3.789 reads
    #1
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    • Oliver Sacks
    3.9279 reads
    #1
    Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    • Susan Cain
    4555 reads
    #1
    Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
    Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
    • Judy Melinek
    • T.J. Mitchell
    3.9242 reads
    #1
    The Dynamics of Disaster
    The Dynamics of Disaster
    • Susan W. Kieffer
    41 read
    #1
    Cover 2

    Delay, Don't Deny

    Delay, Don't Deny
    • Gin Stephens
    3.758 reads
    #1
    The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
    The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
    • Marie Kondo
    3.64548 reads
    #1
    Annapurna: A Woman's Place
    Annapurna: A Woman's Place
    • Arlene Blum
    4.53 reads
    #1
    Chasing New Horizons: Inside Humankind's First Mission to Pluto
    Chasing New Horizons: Inside Humankind's First Mission to Pluto
    • Alan Stern
    • David Grinspoon
    4.52 reads
    #1
    Cover 5

    The Age of Daredevils

    The Age of Daredevils
    • Michael Clarkson
    43 reads
    #1
    Cover 2

    The Earth Moved

    The Earth Moved
    • Amy Stewart
    3.673 reads
    #1
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    • Mary Roach
    3.9319 reads
    #1
    Round Ireland with a Fridge
    Round Ireland with a Fridge
    • Tony Hawks
    3.9631 reads
    #1
    The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
    The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
    • David McCullough
    426 reads
    #1
    Our Inner Ape
    Our Inner Ape
    • Frans de Waal
    43 reads
    #1
    The Story of the Pony Express: A Concise History
    The Story of the Pony Express: A Concise History
    • Glenn D. Bradley
    21 read
    #1
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
    • Caitlin Doughty
    4.19185 reads
    #1
    How Great Science Fiction Works
    How Great Science Fiction Works
    • Gary K. Wolfe
    3.58 reads
    #1
    The Boiling River
    The Boiling River
    • Andrés Ruzo
    3.334 reads
    #1
    Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
    Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
    • Stephen Puleo
    35 reads
    #1
    Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental
    Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental
    • Marc S. Gerstein
    • Michael Ellsberg
    01 read
    #1
    Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu
    Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu
    • Philip Alcabes
    21 read
    #1
    Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
    Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
    • Matthys Levy
    • Mario Salvadori
    3.53 reads
    #1
    The Hunt for Vulcan : . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
    The Hunt for Vulcan : . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
    • Thomas Levenson
    3.8911 reads
    #1
    Earthquake Storms
    Earthquake Storms
    • John Dvorak
    41 read
    #1
    Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
    Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
    • Peter Allison
    4.511 reads
    #1
    Young Men and Fire
    Young Men and Fire
    • Norman Maclean
    4.148 reads
    #1
    Cover 8

    Archaeology and the Iliad

    Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History
      52 reads
      #1
      A History of the World in 6 Glasses
      A History of the World in 6 Glasses
      • Tom Standage
      • Ρούλα Κοκκολιού (Translator)
      3.5838 reads
      #1
      The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
      The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
      • Bruce Parker
      41 read
      #1
      Notes from a Small Island
      Notes from a Small Island
      • Bill Bryson
      3.82130 reads
      #1
      Caffeine
      Caffeine
      • Michael Pollan
      3.5263 reads
      #1
      The Science of Fear
      The Science of Fear
      • Daniel Gardner
      3.674 reads
      #1
      Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
      Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
      • Lori Gottlieb
      4.37328 reads
      #1
      Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
      Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
      • Christopher McDougall
      4.29224 reads
      #1
      Lonely Vigil
      Lonely Vigil
      • Walter Lord
      41 read
      #1
      The Lighthouse Stevensons
      The Lighthouse Stevensons
      • Bella Bathurst
      4.52 reads
      #1
      Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
      Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
      • Rebecca A. Brown
      01 read
      #1
      Cover 6

      History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

      History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration
      • Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
      01 read
      #1
      The Body: A Guide for Occupants
      The Body: A Guide for Occupants
        4.18197 reads
        #1
        The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
        The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
        • Steven Pinker
        3.9543 reads
        #1
        Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
        Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
        • Dava Sobel
        4.06123 reads
        #1
        Way Off the Road
        Way Off the Road
        • William Geist
        32 reads