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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Richard Shepherd

445 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction health memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

11 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative slow-paced
Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Tom Griffiths, Brian Christian

Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Tom Griffiths, Brian Christian

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction computer science psychology science technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars

Oliver Sacks

318 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

326 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced
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

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes

The Minds of Billy Milligan

Daniel Keyes

448 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction biography psychology true crime challenging reflective slow-paced
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced