Nonfiction Nudges - hosted by bookcasey

Science or Medicine
Bonus: Read a nonfiction book on your TBR to better understand a scientific topic or medical phenomenon.
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The Drunken Cookbook by Milton Crawford

The Drunken Cookbook

Milton Crawford

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction food and drink medium-paced
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death

Caitlin Doughty

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science funny informative fast-paced
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

336 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery by Paul Craddock

Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery

Paul Craddock

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative medium-paced
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World by Julia Rothman

Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World

Anatomy

Julia Rothman

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction childrens education nature science informative lighthearted slow-paced
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Brain Under Siege by Howard L. Weiner

The Brain Under Siege

Howard L. Weiner

15 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

Norman Ohler

360 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race science challenging informative medium-paced
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack

6 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced