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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion

Matteo Alacran #1

Nancy Farmer

380 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer

The Lord of Opium

Matteo Alacran #2

Nancy Farmer

411 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
fiction science fiction young adult adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A. Christakis

Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

Nicholas A. Christakis

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

96 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
nonfiction science informative reflective fast-paced
Electrify: An Optimists Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith

Electrify: An Optimists Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

Saul Griffith

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0tylerghill's review
nonfiction science technology informative slow-paced