Nonfiction Nudges - hosted by bookcasey

Science or Medicine
Bonus: Read a nonfiction book on your TBR to better understand a scientific topic or medical phenomenon.
All books added
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman

Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

Rebecca Heisman

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature challenging informative medium-paced
The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness by Emily Anthes

The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

Emily Anthes

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative fast-paced
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

612 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García Puigcerver

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Héctor García Puigcerver

3 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

Hadley Vlahos

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays health memoir religion emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

416 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health psychology science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb, Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel, Andrew Hessel

The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

Amy Webb, Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel, Andrew Hessel

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

501 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced