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The Library: A Fragile History by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree

The Library: A Fragile History

Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree

528 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World by Kara Cooney

The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World

Kara Cooney

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Stopgap by Liam Card

Stopgap

Liam Card

232 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven Strogatz

The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

Steven Strogatz

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics informative lighthearted medium-paced
How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up by Emilie Wapnick

How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up

Emilie Wapnick

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative fast-paced
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

12 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

Steven Novella

528 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative slow-paced
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

Steven Novella

512 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative slow-paced
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

310 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced