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#102
Blood in the Machine
Blood in the Machine
  • Brian Merchant
4.4415 reads
#103
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
  • Annie Proulx
01 read
#104
Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life
Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life
  • Andrew Liptak
00 reads
#105
Gloves: An Intimate History
Gloves: An Intimate History
  • Anne Green
00 reads
#106
Opium’s Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs
Opium’s Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs
  • P.E. Caquet
00 reads
#107
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence
  • Gavin Francis
02 reads
#108
Shackleton: A Biography
Shackleton: A Biography
  • Ranulph Fiennes
4.67 reads
#109
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
  • Govert Schilling
00 reads
#110
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
  • Ken Silverstein
31 read
#111
The Nineties
The Nineties
  • Chuck Klosterman
3.7486 reads
#112
Buried
Buried
    4.254 reads
    #113
    Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
    Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
    • Neil Price
    4.1730 reads
    #114
    A Train in Winter
    A Train in Winter
    • Caroline Moorehead
    3.25 reads
    #115
    Duel Without End: Mankind’s Battle with Microbes
    Duel Without End: Mankind’s Battle with Microbes
    • Stig S. Frøland
    00 reads
    #116
    The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
    The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
    • Dhun Sethna
    21 read
    #117
    A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
    A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
    • Chad Orzel
    33 reads
    #118
    Phantom Plague
    Phantom Plague
    • Vidya Krishnan
    3.26 reads
    #119
    Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death
    Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death
    • John Richard Saylor
    41 read
    #120
    Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
    Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
    • Harley Rustad
    46 reads
    #121
    The Cigarette
    The Cigarette
    • Sarah Milov
    00 reads
    #122
    Cover 7

    A Place For Everything

    A Place For Everything
    • Judith Flanders
    3.673 reads
    #123
    Loaded : a disarming history of the Second Amendment
    Loaded : a disarming history of the Second Amendment
    • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
    02 reads
    #124
    The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
    The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
    • Sonia Shah
    42 reads
    #125
    Cover 0

    Mosquito

    Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe
    • Andrew Spielman
    41 read
    #126
    A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution
    A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution
    • Dennis Baron
    21 read
    #127
    Shady characters
    Shady characters
    • Keith Houston
    411 reads
    #128
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
    • James Vincent
    51 read
    #129
    The Book on the Bookshelf
    The Book on the Bookshelf
    • Henry Petroski
    01 read
    #130
    Cover 6

    The Phone Book

    The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
    • Ammon Shea
    41 read
    #131
    The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
    The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
    • Kate Andersen Brower
    3.759 reads
    #132
    What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
    What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
    • Kim Cross
    35 reads
    #133
    Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
    Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
    • Darrell Hartman
    42 reads
    #134
    Calories & Corsets
    Calories & Corsets
    • Louise Foxcroft
    41 read
    #135
    Candyfreak
    Candyfreak
    • Steve Almond
    3.838 reads
    #136
    Cover 3

    Digging Up the Dead

    Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials
    • Michael Kammen
    00 reads
    #137
    The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
    The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
    • Andrew Pettegree
    00 reads
    #138
    Papyrus
    Papyrus
    • Irene Vallejo
    • Maria Meinel (Translator)
    • Luis Ruby (Translator)
    4.336 reads
    #139
    Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
    Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
    • J.W. Ocker
    3.334 reads
    #140
    Too Hot to Handle
    Too Hot to Handle
    • Jonathan Zimmerman
    00 reads
    #141
    Rules: A Short History of What We Live By
    Rules: A Short History of What We Live By
    • Lorraine Daston
    00 reads
    #142
    Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
    Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
    • Hannah Carlson
    31 read
    #143
    The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
    The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
    • Susan Casey
    3.339 reads
    #144
    Shareware Heroes
    Shareware Heroes
    • Richard Moss
    10 reads
    #145
    Saints Behaving Badly
    Saints Behaving Badly
    • Thomas J. Craughwell
    00 reads
    #146
    Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
    Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
    • Blake J. Harris
    3.7872 reads
    #147
    Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
    Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
    • Jeff Ryan
    3.6427 reads
    #148
    The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
    The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
    • Zac Bissonnette
    3.7812 reads
    #149
    Cover 0

    The Elements of a Home

    The Elements of a Home: Curious Histories Behind Everyday Household Objects, from Pillows to Forks
    • Amy Azzarito
    00 reads
    #150
    Refuge
    Refuge
    • Terry Tempest Williams
    3.676 reads
    #151
    Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today's Water Wars
    Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today's Water Wars
    • John Gaudet
    00 reads
    #152
    Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library
    Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library
    • Claire Cock-Starkey
    • Violet Moller
    00 reads
    #153
    Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
    Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
    • Henry Grabar
    3.6320 reads
    #154
    Rust: The Longest War
    Rust: The Longest War
    • Jonathan Waldman
    3.56 reads
    #155
    Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
    Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
    • Robert Courland
    41 read
    #156
    The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
    The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
    • Vince Beiser
    4.335 reads
    #157
    Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet
    Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet
    • Ted Striphas
    00 reads
    #158
    Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
    Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
    • Mark Kurlansky
    3.410 reads
    #159
    The Untold Story of the Talking Book
    The Untold Story of the Talking Book
    • Matthew Rubery
    3.53 reads
    #160
    Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences
    Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences
    • Matthew Rubery
    00 reads
    #161
    Isaac's Storm
    Isaac's Storm
    • Erik Larson
    4.1354 reads
    #162
    Empire of the Sum
    Empire of the Sum
    • Keith Houston
    43 reads
    #163
    Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
    Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
    • Marcus du Sautoy
    33 reads
    #164
    The Week
    The Week
    • David M. Henkin
    00 reads
    #165
    Just One of the Boys: Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage
    Just One of the Boys: Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage
    • Gillian M. Rodger
    00 reads
    #166
    Chernobyl
    Chernobyl
    • Serhii Plokhy
    • Сергій Плохій
    4.0720 reads
    #167
    Cover 3

    Milk

    Milk
    • Deborah Valenze
    00 reads