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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,348 books — 637 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
408 books — 491 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe You Beyond You by Ramzi Najjar
Unique Nonfiction Books
302 books — 162 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleNight Stalker by Philip CarloGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleThe Serial Killer Files by Harold SchechterMind Hunter by John E. Douglas
Non-fiction books about Serial Killers
149 books — 159 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Female Scientists
171 books — 106 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
52 Book Club 2023: #29 Sends You Down A Rabbit Hole
193 books — 104 voters

The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Best Cognitive Development Books
57 books — 75 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Truth by Stephen BriggsWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Journalism in Fiction
234 books — 53 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Cows by Lydia Davis
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
179 books — 45 voters
Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School by Adam RubenPiled Higher and Deeper by Jorge ChamGetting What You Came For by Robert L. PetersA PhD Is Not Enough! by Peter J. FeibelmanGraduates in Wonderland by Jessica Pan
Best Books about Graduate School
53 books — 39 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaEinstein by Walter IsaacsonThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman
100 Books about Science and Engineering for Grown-Ups
121 books — 34 voters
Poison Study by Maria V. SnyderA Matter of Magic by Patricia C. WredeThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingThe Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Scholars and Mentors
74 books — 28 voters

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv AlbertineOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradMiles by Miles DavisWhite Bicycles by Joe BoydRevolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald
Music Books
110 books — 22 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Philadelphia Chromosome by Jessica WapnerOne Renegade Cell by Robert A. Weinberg
Cancer Research and Biology
25 books — 21 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelThe Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Robert LomasHow to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthConnections by James BurkeThe Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventions
206 books — 16 voters
30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererFeminist, Queer, Crip by Alison KaferMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Medical Humanities, Narrative Medicine, and Embodiment
31 books — 14 voters

Just a Geek by Wil WheatonIn Search Of Dracula by Raymond T. McNallyA Dream of Dracula by Leonard WolfThe Geography of Bliss by Eric WeinerThe Sinister Researches of C. P. Ransom by H. Nearing Jr.
"Search" And Research
249 books — 9 voters
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthAdaptation by Malinda LoYoung Avengers, Vol. 1 by Kieron GillenUltraviolet by R.J. AndersonBetter Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Books for Zack
43 books — 5 voters

The Nature of the Beast by Carys CrossenThe Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-GouldWerewolves, Wolves and the Gothic by Robert McKayThe Werewolf in Lore and Legend by Montague SummersA Lycanthropy Reader by Charlotte F. Otten
Werewolf Nonfiction
78 books — 5 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFor the Common Good by Alex John LondonThe Organ Thieves by Chip JonesBad Pharma by Ben GoldacreCutting to the Core by David Benatar
Ethics of Medical Research
27 books — 4 voters

Children's resilience following trauma in farm settings by Roy C. ConradShaping the Oral Microbiota Through Intimate Kissing by Applied Research PressA Fundamental Approach to the Sticking of Insect Residues to ... by National Aeronautics and Sp...Nonverbal Reactions to Wound Malodor by Gloria BakerOral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality by Glenn C. Ellenbogen
•A Wealth Of Methods Coupled With A Poverty Of Intentions
105 books — 3 voters
Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the ... by Louis SimondThe Cove Walking the Plank by Bryant JohnsonStephen Biesty's Cross-Sections by Richard PlattNineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy JohnstonJane Austen by Rebecca Dickson
Regency/Royal Navy Research Books
81 books — 2 voters

Love at Goon Park by Deborah BlumThe Lucifer Effect by Philip G. ZimbardoThe Great Pretender by Susannah CahalanGhost Hunters by Deborah Blum
Best behind the scenes psychology research books
4 books — 2 voters
The Confidence Code by Katty KayQuiet by Susan CainI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiAnti-Diet by Christy Harrison
VFC 2020 Literary Wealth
6 books — 1 voter

Crime, Policy and the Media by Jon SilvermanMedia & Crime by Yvonne JewkesCrime, Culture and the Media by Eamonn CarrabineCrime, Justice and the Media by Ian MarshCriminological Imagination by Jock Young
Criminology Studies (British)
67 books — 1 voter
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezUser Friendly by Cliff KuangRuined by Design by Mike MonteiroThe Culture Code by Daniel CoyleHow to Speak Machine by John Maeda
Entrepreneurial Design
7 books — 1 voter

Lion of the League by Larry R. GerlachBaseball by Steven P. GietschierIntentional Balk by Daniel LevittForty Years a Giant by Steve TrederStealing Home by Eric Nusbaum
Seymour Award Winners
30 books — 1 voter
Leave While the Party’s Good by Lee C. KluckCharlie Hustle by Keith O'BrienDaybreak at Chavez Ravine by Erik ShermanBaseball Rebels by Peter DreierRed Barber by Judith R. Hiltner
Seymour Award Finalists
98 books — 1 voter

Research Design by John W. CreswellThe Craft of Research by Wayne C. BoothThe Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers by Johnny SaldañaHow to Write a Lot by Paul J. SilviaDoing Your Research Project by Stephen Waters
Research and Writing
8 books — 1 voter
Under Water by Claire Walsh
Authologie's Promptastic YEAR ONE Prompt 12 - Amphibian
1 book — 1 voter

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