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155 reviews

End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World by Bryan Walsh

dark hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

i love how he basically recounted events of the pandemic as an existential threat about six months before the pandemic happened to start

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews

informative medium-paced

4.0

The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

informative slow-paced

5.0

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Michael Yarvitz, Rachel Maddow

informative

4.0

The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World by Suzie Sheehy

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele

4.25

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

the chapters i was informed about i felt were more broadly simplified than was good (and a feminist girlboss lens was projected onto them which was not necessarily accurate or warranted) but it was a good overview!

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

4.0

The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky by Ellen Meloy

reflective slow-paced

4.0