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Last Hunt by James Byron HugginsSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,392 books — 748 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
416 books — 512 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
323 books — 180 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
156 books — 167 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
173 books — 108 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
61 books — 78 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
235 books — 54 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 — 44 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 OlaAlgorithms to Live By by Brian ChristianEinstein by Walter Isaacson
100 Books about Science and Engineering for Grown-Ups
122 books — 36 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

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
27 books — 23 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
111 books — 22 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelHow to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthThe Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Robert LomasConnections by James BurkeThe Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventions
206 books — 17 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 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca MakkaiThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunAs Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #14 Includes A Podcaster, Writer, or Journalist
18 books — 9 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
82 books — 6 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 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFor the Common Good by Alex John LondonThe Organ Thieves by Chip JonesBad Pharma by Ben GoldacreShocked by Lisa A Conway
Ethics of Medical Research
28 books — 5 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
Love at Goon Park by Deborah BlumThe Lucifer Effect by Philip G. ZimbardoConnecting the Dots by Lia RussThe Great Pretender by Susannah CahalanGhost Hunters by Deborah Blum
Best behind the scenes psychology research books
5 books — 3 voters

Crime, Policy and the Media by Jon SilvermanCriminal Justice Through the Looking Glass by Daniel TeitelbaumMedia & Crime by Yvonne JewkesCrime, Culture and the Media by Eamonn CarrabineCrime, Justice and the Media by Ian Marsh
Criminology Studies (British)
68 books — 2 voters
Syrian Conflict in the News, The by Gabriel HulandThe War That Made the Middle East by Mustafa AksakalThe Game Changer by Jon RalstonExit Stalin by Mark B. SmithA Star Is Reborn by Robert Hofler
Foundations of History: Essential Scholarly Works
91 books — 2 voters

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
Tensor Methods in Statistics by Peter McCullagh.Introduction to Analysis by Maxwell RosenlichtVector Spaces and Matrices by Robert M. ThrallTensor and Vector Analysis by C.E. SpringerCombinatorial Geometry in the Plane by Hugo Hadwiger
Influential Monographs in Modern Mathematics
100 books — 1 voter

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