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Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang

Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships

Camilla Pang

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

623 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Chocolat

Chocolat #1

Joanne Harris

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate

The Broken Earth #2

N.K. Jemisin

410 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide by Amy Thomson

Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide

Amy Thomson

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction health science self help informative medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

468 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced