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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

539 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction health psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

James W. Pennebaker

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut

302 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
fiction classics literary dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Fantastic Art of Beksinski by Zdzisław Beksiński

The Fantastic Art of Beksinski

Zdzisław Beksiński

80 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction art adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

Luke Dittrich

14 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction history psychology science reflective slow-paced
Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice by Shelley Murphy, Kevin Cullen

Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

Shelley Murphy, Kevin Cullen

478 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography crime true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White

American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

Ronald C. White

1077 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction autobiography biography historical history reflective slow-paced
The Mind Club by Daniel M. Wegner

The Mind Club

Daniel M. Wegner

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative reflective fast-paced
Digging Up Mother: A Love Story by Doug Stanhope
Digging Up Mother: A Love Story
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Doug Stanhope

Digging Up Mother: A Love Story

Doug Stanhope

318 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography funny reflective medium-paced
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls

The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

Damion Searls

405 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced