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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

March 27, 2024

This is probably one of my favorite nonfiction reads of the last few years. It sounds very dense and tough, but it is not. It…

Knox

Knox

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

April 14, 2021

I read everything Patrick writes because he takes wildly complex subjects and makes nonfiction read like a thrilling novel.

Jamie

The Day It Finally Happens

March 10, 2021

An entertaining but sometimes terrifying look at how humanity will handle a litany of unthinkable (but sometimes likely) events.

Knox

Hidden Valley Road

June 17, 2020

When non-fiction is almost unbelievable. I still think about this book more than a year later.

Jamie

The Body

May 6, 2020

This was such a DELIGHTFUL adventure into my own body. Bill Bryson is a season pass for me.

Jamie

Talking to Strangers

October 9, 2019

A fascinating cautionary tale in how humans relate and interact with one another.

Jamie

Bad Blood

February 6, 2019

The unbelievable story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.

Knox

The Innovators

August 3, 2015

Isaacson is my go to for niche history and this one about the digital revolution will have you hooked.

Jamie

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

August 3, 2015

The internet gives and the internet takes away. This riveting book is all about the latter. Juicy and enlightening.

Jamie