18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

Math / Science
Read a book about math or science. A dive into a particular subject or field, a biography, etc.
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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson

208 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous fast-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

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs

The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

A.J. Jacobs

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction classics nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
Die großen Epidemien: Geschichte - Gegenmittel - Impfstoffe by Letizia Gabaglio

Die großen Epidemien: Geschichte - Gegenmittel - Impfstoffe

Letizia Gabaglio

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction education health history science sociology
This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research by Marc Abrahams

This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research

Marc Abrahams

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative slow-paced
The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage by Tom Ireland

The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage

Tom Ireland

400 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society

Bill Bryson

464 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Launching Of Modern American Science, 1846 1876 by Robert V. Bruce

The Launching Of Modern American Science, 1846 1876

Robert V. Bruce

missing page info • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky

Polio: An American Story

David M. Oshinsky

342 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced