18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

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The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

Max Fisher

15 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology technology challenging informative medium-paced
Der Horror der frühen Medizin: Joseph Listers Kampf gegen Kurpfuscher, Quacksalber & Knochenklempner by Lindsey Fitzharris
Der Horror der frühen Medizin: Joseph Listers Kampf gegen Kurpfuscher, Quacksalber & Knochenklempner
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Lindsey Fitzharris

Der Horror der frühen Medizin: Joseph Listers Kampf gegen Kurpfuscher, Quacksalber & Knochenklempner

Lindsey Fitzharris

276 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler

In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony

Darren Byler

159 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction crime history politics technology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder

297 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction business computer science technology informative reflective tense medium-paced
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett

The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld

Jamie Bartlett

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction technology dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

432 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative medium-paced
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

Val McDermid

310 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime dark informative slow-paced
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll

The Cuckoo's Egg

Clifford Stoll

376 pages • first pub 1989 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir mystery technology true crime informative lighthearted tense fast-paced
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race science challenging informative medium-paced
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

You're Never Weird on the Internet

Felicia Day

260 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring fast-paced