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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Robert Kanigel

464 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction biography mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

640 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction art history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer

Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life

Carl Zimmer

243 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by Erwin Schrödinger

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

Erwin Schrödinger

184 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction philosophy science reflective slow-paced
Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins

Climbing Mount Improbable

Richard Dawkins

308 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
The Prism and the Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science by Robert P. Crease

The Prism and the Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science

Robert P. Crease

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

249 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
The Human Stain by Philip Roth

The Human Stain

The American Trilogy #3

Philip Roth

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach

The Carpet Makers

Andreas Eschbach

300 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0jasonfurman's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced