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The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime by Adrian Raine

The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime

Adrian Raine

528 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction crime psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe

322 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

243 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
fiction literary emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Adam Kay

280 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins by Garry Kasparov

Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

Garry Kasparov

9 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction science technology informative slow-paced
The Killing in the Consulate by Jonathan Rugman

The Killing in the Consulate

Jonathan Rugman

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction politics true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Human Universe by Andrew Cohen, Brian Cox

Human Universe

Wonders of Brian Cox #4

Andrew Cohen, Brian Cox

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

Billy Jensen

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction memoir true crime adventurous medium-paced
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story by Chanel Miller

Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story

Chanel Miller

365 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laerun's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced