Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us about How the Brain Works
By: Marc Dingman
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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By: Dave Kerpen
3.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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2. Psmith in the City (Psmith, #2)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.04
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
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3. They Lurk
By: Ronald Malfi
3.79
Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition
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4. In My Skin: A Memoir
By: Kate Holden
3.69
Format: 384 pages,
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5. Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
By: Will Storr
3.66
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6. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
By: James Fallon
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
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7. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
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8. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
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9. The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
By: Dan Egan
4.23
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
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10. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
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11. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
By: Steven Pinker
4.20
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
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"This heroic story is not just another myth. Myths are fictions, but this one is true-true to the best of our knowledge, which is the only truth we can have. We believe it because we have reasons to b…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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12. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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13. I Am a Killer: What Makes a Murderer: Their Shocking Stories in Their Own Words
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3.60
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14. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
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15. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
By: Noah Whiteman
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—… read more
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16. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
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4.11
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17. The Little Book of Aliens
By: Adam Frank
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more
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18. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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19. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
20. Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness
By: Nicholas Humphrey
3.91
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of a quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness from one of the world's l… read more
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21. Ghostwritten
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4.12
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, man… read more
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"myself asks am i here? i've lost myself i fear"-Ronald Malfi, Ghostwritten
22. Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us about How the Brain Works
By: Marc Dingman
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calcula… read more
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23. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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24. A Theatre for Dreamers
By: Polly Samson
3.42
Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. Still This Love Goes On
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4.31
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Jul… read more
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26. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
By: Justin Gregg
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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27. The Hidden Beach
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4.01
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28. If It Sounds Like a Quack...: A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine
By: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize finalist's bizarre journalistic journey through the world of fringe medicine, fill… read more
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29. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
By: Jessica Waite
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more
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30. Don’t Die
By: Bryan Zero Johnson
3.30
Format: 247 pages, ebook
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