52 Book Club 2021: #37 An Educational Read (162 books)

This list is for The 52 Book Club's 2021 Prompt: An educational read.

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101	Christmas in Germany by Josef Ruland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky 4.44 avg rating — 6,855 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids by Linda Åkeson McGurk (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 11,534 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island by Scott Davis Dawson 3.97 avg rating — 656 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation by Aldo Leopold 4.31 avg rating — 35,546 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World by B. Brett Finlay (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,008 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	Geomorphology: A Canadian Perspective by Alan S. Trenhaile liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	More than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting by Serena B. Miller (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 658 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	The Brideship Wife by Leslie Howard 3.78 avg rating — 1,281 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting by Mei-Ling Hopgood 3.59 avg rating — 3,134 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7,386 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Almost Autism: Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder: A Reference for Parents and Practitioners by Maria Rickert Hong (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 18,531 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 573,170 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 24,263 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 4.34 avg rating — 1,223,204 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	The Cholesterol Hoax by Sherry A. Rogers (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School by Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 4,696 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Depression: Cured at Last! by Sherry A. Rogers (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind by David Vandermeulen (Adapter) 4.34 avg rating — 19,228 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry 4.29 avg rating — 3,625 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston 4.42 avg rating — 7,607 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari 4.19 avg rating — 282,222 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
124	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 100,814 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds 4.47 avg rating — 53,752 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
126	What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 192,978 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 4.38 avg rating — 72,545 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari 4.16 avg rating — 174,724 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty 4.22 avg rating — 106,270 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 5,354 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change by Adam Braun (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 7,909 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 118,215 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 120,854 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
134	Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper 4.38 avg rating — 13,823 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	Cosmos by Carl Sagan 4.40 avg rating — 156,846 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
136	Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.53 avg rating — 40,205 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King 3.99 avg rating — 28,305 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher 3.77 avg rating — 21,397 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda French Gates (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 63,965 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
140	Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 4.06 avg rating — 236,425 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor 4.34 avg rating — 43,400 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate 3.81 avg rating — 55,889 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
143	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 332,233 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
144	999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 6,486 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 9,204 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 792 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
147	Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS by Azadeh Moaveni (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 2,493 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
148	A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism by Caroline Moorehead 3.79 avg rating — 779 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
149	Women with Money: The Judgement-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful Life You Want with the Money You Have by Jean Chatzky 3.73 avg rating — 793 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
150	Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister 4.37 avg rating — 12,006 ratings score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
151	Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 29,540 ratings score: 16, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,253 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
153	First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 9,387 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
154	Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 16,983 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
155	Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 18,656 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
156	Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 4.49 avg rating — 787,524 ratings score: 10, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
157	Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 1,371 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
158	Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) by Justina Ireland (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 35,661 ratings score: 7, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
159	The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 20,316 ratings score: 6, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
160	Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat 3.68 avg rating — 12,219 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
161	Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 18,562 ratings score: 4, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
162	The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 12,730 ratings score: 3, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars