littoral's read books


Expand filter menu Filter list (557 books)

557 books

The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup by Evan Hughes

The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup

Evan Hughes

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction business crime history true crime dark tense medium-paced
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons by Jeremy Denk

Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

Jeremy Denk

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II by Jennet Conant

Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

Jennet Conant

352 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Eric Schlosser

656 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

538 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

318 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Story of the NIH Grants Programs by Stephen Parks Strickland
The Story of the NIH Grants Programs
—
Stephen Parks Strickland

The Story of the NIH Grants Programs

Stephen Parks Strickland

110 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
medium-paced
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation by Paul A. Offit

You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation

Paul A. Offit

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

2.0littoral's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson

Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation

Steven Johnson

326 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction business history science informative reflective slow-paced
Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Donella H. Meadows

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction business design science informative slow-paced