Gabriele Gockel

21 books

Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill

Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield

Jeremy Scahill

642 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl

Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity

Jamie Metzl

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

646 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari

Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope

Johann Hari

322 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity by Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic

Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity

Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative slow-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

321 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City by Alice Goffman

On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City

Alice Goffman

277 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

368 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction business economics psychology informative reflective medium-paced
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley

448 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

Simon Sebag Montefiore

784 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced