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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars

Oliver Sacks

11 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley

The Sagas of Icelanders

Íslendingasögur/Sagas of Icelanders

Jane Smiley

782 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe

Miles: The Autobiography

Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe

448 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction biography music informative medium-paced
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan

17 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction philosophy religion science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

414 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction mystery science fiction dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

A.J. Jacobs

423 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

243 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction psychology science reflective slow-paced
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon

Lord of Misrule

Jaimy Gordon

294 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction sports emotional slow-paced
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Peter Godfrey-Smith

255 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced