Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Single-Topic Deep Dive
Bonus prompt!! Choose a book that has a "deep dive" about a mundane topic like Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History, Cynthia Barnett's Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, Vince Beiser's The World in a Grain about sand, Tom Standage's The Victorian Internet about the telegraph, and so on.
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Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink health science informative medium-paced
A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard

A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Sally Coulthard

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative reflective slow-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Virginia Postrel

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history technology challenging informative slow-paced
Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia by Xi Lin, James Welker, Kang, Peiti Wang, Yanrui Xu, Han Hau Lai, Abigail Santos Fermin, Jungmin Kwon, Poowin Bunyavejchewin, Kristine Michelle L Santos, Kazumi Nagaike, Hyojin Kim, Asako Patricia Santo, Wei Wei, Katrien Jacobs, Thomas Baudinette, Lakshmi Menon, Ling Yang, Kania Arini Sukotjo, Gita Pramudita Prameswari, Aerin Elizabeth Lai Jia Qi

Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia

Asia Pop!

Xi Lin, James Welker, Kang, Peiti Wang, Yanrui Xu, Han Hau Lai, Abigail Santos Fermin, Jungmin Kwon, Poowin Bunyavejchewin, Kristine Michelle L Santos, Kazumi Nagaike, Hyojin Kim, Asako Patricia Santo, Wei Wei, Katrien Jacobs, Thomas Baudinette, Lakshmi Menon, Ling Yang, Kania Arini Sukotjo, Gita Pramudita Prameswari, Aerin Elizabeth Lai Jia Qi

312 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
100 великих кораблекрушений by Игорь Муромов

100 великих кораблекрушений

100 великих

Игорь Муромов

599 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel
Cerealizing America: The Unsweetened Story of American Breakfast Cereal by Bill Crawford, Scott Bruce

Cerealizing America: The Unsweetened Story of American Breakfast Cereal

Bill Crawford, Scott Bruce

312 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction business history informative medium-paced
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution by Carlo Rovelli

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

Carlo Rovelli

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures by Adam Zmith

Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures

Adam Zmith

180 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health history lgbtqia+ funny informative reflective medium-paced
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks

Keith Houston

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced