If you are interested in gaming even a little bit, check out Jason Schreier’s Blood, Sweat and Pixels – Press Reset or Play Nice.
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Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury
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– A Short History of Nearly Anything, Bill Bryson (or basically anything by Bryson)
– The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
– Sapiens (Harari)
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Everyone looking for what you are doing including me, loved:
The wager
The corner
American Kingpin
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Any book about the golden age of polar exploration.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – it’s about a woman’s (largely unknowing) contribution to medical science and how her family tries to deal with that in the modern day.
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1491, maybe not super engaging but the content is really fascinating and brought forward in an interesting way
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Say Nothing and Empire of Pain.
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A few I enjoyed this year were Endurance, The Reality Bubble, and No Friend But the Mountains.
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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is one of my favorites.
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A Midwife’s Tale
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Walter Isaacson writes a lot of biographies told as stories so they’re very easy to read! I loved his bio of Steve Jobs, I’ve read it many times. (And I’m not even an Apple person lol)
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*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
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The Indifferent Stars Above – about the Donner Reed party. A true horror story. Super riveting, but very unsettling.
The Bastard Brigade – about the scientist and spies who tried to sabotage the Nazi attempt to make an atomic bomb. I couldn’t look away from it. It may be the book I read the most voraciously.
Devil in the White City – A book about HH Holmes murder castle during the Chicago Worlds Fair. It ties together the goals for designing and promoting the world’s fair in an attempt bring Chicago out of the shadow of New York City and how that opened the door for a grifter and psychopath like HH Holmes.
Endurance – Earnest Shackleton’s failed expedition to cross Antarctica that was derailed when their ship, the Endurance, became stuck between ice flows and the insane attempt to survive.
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Check out Robert Caro’s biographies
If you are interested in gaming even a little bit, check out Jason Schreier’s Blood, Sweat and Pixels – Press Reset or Play Nice.
Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury
– A Short History of Nearly Anything, Bill Bryson (or basically anything by Bryson)
– The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
– Sapiens (Harari)
Everyone looking for what you are doing including me, loved:
The wager
The corner
American Kingpin
Any book about the golden age of polar exploration.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – it’s about a woman’s (largely unknowing) contribution to medical science and how her family tries to deal with that in the modern day.
1491, maybe not super engaging but the content is really fascinating and brought forward in an interesting way
Say Nothing and Empire of Pain.
A few I enjoyed this year were Endurance, The Reality Bubble, and No Friend But the Mountains.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is one of my favorites.
A Midwife’s Tale
Walter Isaacson writes a lot of biographies told as stories so they’re very easy to read! I loved his bio of Steve Jobs, I’ve read it many times. (And I’m not even an Apple person lol)
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
The Indifferent Stars Above – about the Donner Reed party. A true horror story. Super riveting, but very unsettling.
The Bastard Brigade – about the scientist and spies who tried to sabotage the Nazi attempt to make an atomic bomb. I couldn’t look away from it. It may be the book I read the most voraciously.
Devil in the White City – A book about HH Holmes murder castle during the Chicago Worlds Fair. It ties together the goals for designing and promoting the world’s fair in an attempt bring Chicago out of the shadow of New York City and how that opened the door for a grifter and psychopath like HH Holmes.
Endurance – Earnest Shackleton’s failed expedition to cross Antarctica that was derailed when their ship, the Endurance, became stuck between ice flows and the insane attempt to survive.