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Now You See Me by Sharon Bolton

Now You See Me

Lacey Flint #1

Sharon Bolton

395 pages • hardcover • 2011

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
fiction mystery thriller dark tense medium-paced
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself by David McRaney

You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

David McRaney

302 pages • 2011

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction psychology science self help informative reflective slow-paced
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

353 pages • paperback • 2012

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction essays memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by Gino Segrè, Robert M. Sapolsky, Rebecca Goldstein, Stewart Brand, Daniel C. Dennett, Mahzarin Banaji, Thomas Metzinger, Armand Marie Leroi, Matt Ridley, Gerd Gigerenzer, Jeremy Bernstein, John Brockman, A.C. Grayling, Steven Pinker, Shing-Tung Yau, Judith Rich Harris, Sean Carroll, Satyajit Das, Freeman Dyson, Anton Zeilinger, Aubrey de Grey, Frank Wilczek, Jennifer Jacquet, Jonathan Gottschall, David M. Buss, Scott Atran, Kevin P. Hand, Hugo Mercier, Max Tegmark, Dan Sperber, Carlo Rovelli, Andrei D. Linde, Martin J. Rees, Howard Gardner, Carl Zimmer, Alan Alda, James J. O'Donnell, David Eagleman, Susan Blackmore, Paul J. Steinhardt, Leonard Susskind, Clay Shirky, Richard Dawkins, Haim Harari, George Dyson, Paul Saffo, David G. Myers, Robert R. Provine, Joel Gold, Richard H. Thaler, V.S. Ramachandran

This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

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Gino Segrè, Robert M. Sapolsky, Rebecca Goldstein, Stewart Brand, Daniel C. Dennett, Mahzarin Banaji, Thomas Metzinger, Armand Marie Leroi, Matt Ridley, Gerd Gigerenzer, Jeremy Bernstein, John Brockman, A.C. Grayling, Steven Pinker, Shing-Tung Yau, Judith Rich Harris, Sean Carroll, Satyajit Das, Freeman Dyson, Anton Zeilinger, Aubrey de Grey, Frank Wilczek, Jennifer Jacquet, Jonathan Gottschall, David M. Buss, Scott Atran, Kevin P. Hand, Hugo Mercier, Max Tegmark, Dan Sperber, Carlo Rovelli, Andrei D. Linde, Martin J. Rees, Howard Gardner, Carl Zimmer, Alan Alda, James J. O'Donnell, David Eagleman, Susan Blackmore, Paul J. Steinhardt, Leonard Susskind, Clay Shirky, Richard Dawkins, Haim Harari, George Dyson, Paul Saffo, David G. Myers, Robert R. Provine, Joel Gold, Richard H. Thaler, V.S. Ramachandran

411 pages • 2013

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • paperback • 1957

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

Michio Kaku

377 pages • digital • 2014

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative medium-paced
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Hercule Poirot #4

Agatha Christie

288 pages • hardcover • 1926

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

351 pages • paperback • 1981

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
fiction classics poetry reflective medium-paced
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

980 pages • digital • 2000

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction biography classics poetry dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Boredom: A Lively History by Peter Toohey

Boredom: A Lively History

Peter Toohey

224 pages • digital • 2011

5.0theomnivorescientist's review
nonfiction history philosophy psychology informative slow-paced