Volvelle's votes on the list You Read a Book about What?

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1	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 122,091 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
2	Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach 3.60 avg rating — 40,885 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
6	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 111,444 ratings	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
7	The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester 3.81 avg rating — 14,155 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
8	Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883] by Simon Winchester 3.88 avg rating — 21,953 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
9	The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson 3.95 avg rating — 157,943 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
10	Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy by Melissa Milgrom 3.70 avg rating — 756 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
11	Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey 3.57 avg rating — 254 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
12	The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski 3.75 avg rating — 1,494 ratings Volvelle added it See Review	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
13	Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton 3.82 avg rating — 5,409 ratings Volvelle added it See Review	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
14	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 762,958 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
15	An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town by David Farley (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 343 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
16	Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh 3.93 avg rating — 1,368 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
18	The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe by Tony Perrottet (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 460 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
19	The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction by Rachel P. Maines 3.91 avg rating — 935 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
20	The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece by Roseanne Montillo (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 1,458 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
21	Mongo: Adventures in Trash by Ted Botha 3.92 avg rating — 205 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
22	A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth – The Greatest Scientific Find of the Century: An Extinct Prehistoric Creature by Samantha Weinberg 4.09 avg rating — 1,204 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
23	The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea Creature by Richard Ellis 3.70 avg rating — 623 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
24	Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris by Michael Allin 3.58 avg rating — 662 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
25	The Pope's Elephant: An Elephant Journey from Deep in India to the Heart of Rome by Silvio A. Bedini 3.35 avg rating — 65 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
26	In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature by Christopher Woodward 3.69 avg rating — 279 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
27	Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen by Philip Ball 3.37 avg rating — 136 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
28	The Sagrada Familia: Gaudí's Heaven on Earth by Gijs van Hensbergen 3.56 avg rating — 267 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
29	Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin 4.10 avg rating — 2,521 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
30	Walter Potter and His Museum of Curious Taxidermy by Pat Morris 4.14 avg rating — 203 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
31	The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal by Hugh Warwick (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 566 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
32	Clara's Grand Tour : Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe by Glynis Ridley 3.55 avg rating — 82 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
33	The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies by Richard Hamblyn (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 252 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
34	The Mirror by Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet 3.76 avg rating — 145 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
35	Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey 4.11 avg rating — 2,402 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
36	Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination by Barbara Hurd 4.13 avg rating — 198 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
37	The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity by Jack Repcheck 3.89 avg rating — 625 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
38	Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. Peter's Head, St. Claire's Heart, St. Stephen's Hand, and Other Saintly Relics by Anneli Rufus 3.59 avg rating — 146 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
39	Solitary Sex : A Cultural History of Masturbation by Thomas W. Laqueur 3.81 avg rating — 197 ratings Volvelle added it to to-read See Review	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
40	The White Nile by Alan Moorehead 4.12 avg rating — 1,478 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
41	The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead 4.16 avg rating — 897 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
42	Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead 4.09 avg rating — 1,249 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
43	Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty & Venus in Furs by Gilles Deleuze 4.06 avg rating — 1,611 ratings Volvelle added it See Review	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
44	Migraine by Oliver Sacks 3.79 avg rating — 2,772 ratings Volvelle added it See Review	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
45	The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, The Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created by Tatiana Holway (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
46	The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 3,721 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
47	The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 2,546 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
48	Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality by Hanne Blank 3.77 avg rating — 1,124 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
49	Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women (Intersections, 15) by Leila J. Rupp 3.66 avg rating — 291 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
50	A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski 3.91 avg rating — 3,514 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
51	Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Asti Hustvedt 3.67 avg rating — 412 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
52	River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon by Buddy Levy (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 3,977 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
53	Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them by Mary Cappello 2.96 avg rating — 107 ratings Volvelle rated it 3 stars See Review	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
54	Paris Under Water: how the City of Light survived the great flood of 1910 by Jeffrey H. Jackson 3.71 avg rating — 270 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
55	The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York by Matthew Goodman 3.62 avg rating — 544 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
56	Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It by Julia Keller 3.01 avg rating — 229 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
57	In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language by Arika Okrent 4.10 avg rating — 2,988 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
58	Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-Religions by Ronald H. Fritze 3.50 avg rating — 141 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
59	Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies by Ginger Strand 3.81 avg rating — 237 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
60	The Hitler Salute: On the Meaning of a Gesture by Tilman Allert 3.52 avg rating — 95 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
61	Entering The Stone: On Caves And Feeling Through The Dark by Barbara Hurd 4.06 avg rating — 97 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
62	Discovery at Rosetta: The Stone that Unlocked the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt by Jonathan Downs 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
63	Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry by Scott Huler (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 233 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
64	Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland 4.14 avg rating — 2,839 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
65	Home: A Short History of an Idea by Witold Rybczynski 3.94 avg rating — 1,697 ratings Volvelle rated it 5 stars See Review	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
66	The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk by Steven Lee Beeber (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 223 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
67	Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America by Andrea Tone 3.98 avg rating — 350 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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
68	The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine by Tom Standage (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 737 ratings Volvelle rated it 4 stars See Review	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