Non-fiction deep dives

  1. Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
    Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive Bruce Schneier
    3.5
  2. Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution
    Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution Anurag Agrawal
    4
  3. Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization
    Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization Nadav Eyal
    4.3
  4. Our Livable World: Creating the Clean Earth of Tomorrow
    Our Livable World: Creating the Clean Earth of Tomorrow Marc Schaus
    4
  5. Space 2069: After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond
    Space 2069: After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond David Whitehouse
    4.2
  6. Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
    Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet Chelsea Wald
    4.7
  7. Languages Are Good For Us
    Languages Are Good For Us Sophie Hardach
    5
  8. The Opium War
    The Opium War Brian Inglis
    3.4
  9. Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19
    Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19 Heather E. Quinlan
    4.1
  10. PAP v PAP: The Party’s struggle to adapt to a changing Singapore
    PAP v PAP: The Party’s struggle to adapt to a changing Singapore Donald Low
    4.6
  11. The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion
    The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion Eliot Brown
    4.4
  12. Frozen Empires: An Environmental History of the Antarctic Peninsula
    Frozen Empires: An Environmental History of the Antarctic Peninsula Adrian Howkins
    4
  13. On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done
    On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done David Badre
    4.3
  14. The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness
    The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness Suzanne O'Sullivan
    4.4
  15. China: The Bubble That Never Pops
    China: The Bubble That Never Pops Thomas Orlik
    3.9
  16. Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
    Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing Pete Davis
    3.9
  17. Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life
    Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life Gillian Tett
    4.4
  18. Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
    Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia Timothy Frye
    4.3
  19. The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story
    The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story John Gimlette
    3.7
  20. Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain
    Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen
  21. Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies
    Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies Julian Guthrie
  22. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe
    4.6
  23. Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
    Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men Katrine Marçal
    4.5
  24. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
    The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Gad Saad
    4.3
  25. Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
    Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism John Elkington
    4.3
  26. The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong
    The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong Michael Sheridan
    4.1
  27. Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace
    Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace Max Hastings
    4
  28. Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face
    Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face Gordon Brown
    4.3
  29. The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights
    The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights William F. Schulz
    5
  30. The Higgs Boson: Searching for the God Particle
    The Higgs Boson: Searching for the God Particle Scientific American
    4
  31. Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth
    Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth David Attenborough
    4.6
  32. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice
    Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice Chris Wallace
    4.1
  33. Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception
    Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception Cass R. Sunstein
    3.2
  34. Fair Pay: How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses
    Fair Pay: How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses David Buckmaster
    4
  35. The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business
    The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business William L. Silber
    4.3
  36. Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science
    Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science Peter J. Hotez
    4
  37. Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
    Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World Mo Gawdat
    4.3
  38. A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters
    A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters Henry Gee
    4.3
  39. Mission Invisible: A Novel about the Science of Light
    Mission Invisible: A Novel about the Science of Light Ulf Leonhardt
    4.3
  40. Angrynomics
    Angrynomics Mark Blyth
    4.1
  41. GDP: The World’s Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Now Change
    GDP: The World’s Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Now Change Ehsan Masood
    4.2
  42. Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
    Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic Scott Gottlieb
    4.5
  43. To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers
    To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers Bruce Jones
    4
  44. American Marxism
    American Marxism Mark R. Levin
    3.5
  45. Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth
    Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth Kate Greene
  46. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
    Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco John Helyar
    4.4
  47. Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism
    Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism Christopher Marquis
    4
  48. Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector
    Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector Amit Katwala
    3
  49. The Heartbeat of Trees
    The Heartbeat of Trees Peter Wohlleben
    4.6
  50. Gurkha Brotherhood
    Gurkha Brotherhood Captain Kailash Limbu
    4