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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

4 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir nature science reflective medium-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson

Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Paul Watson

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous tense fast-paced
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, Volume 1 by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, Volume 1

Sapiens: A Graphic History #1

Yuval Noah Harari

248 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

496 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

15 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World--And Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen

The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World--And Globalization Began

Valerie Hansen

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative sad fast-paced