18 Top history books like Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

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Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

By: Hannah Carlson

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a…

If you liked the history plot in Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing

1. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"

-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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2. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Loftus's Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."

-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Cover of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

3. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shew's Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words by Jenni  Nuttall

4. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

By: Jenni Nuttall

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Nuttall's Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

5. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts by Sarah Thornton

6. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

By: Sarah Thornton

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Thornton's Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • history
  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

7. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Cover of Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed

8. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

By: Shannon Reed

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"I think, therefore, I cry..."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"Life is so much better with books than without."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Cover of National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen

9. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home

By: Anya von Bremzen

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed international food writer and award-winning author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Coo… read more

Similar categories in Anya von Bremzen's National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon

10. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

Similar categories in Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

11. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Chayka's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson

12. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

By: Gretchen Sisson

4.38

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Sisson's Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal

13. Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

By: Roma Agrawal

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize A structural engineer examines the sev… read more

Similar categories in Roma Agrawal's Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • design
  • audiobook
Cover of Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah  Carlson

14. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

By: Hannah Carlson

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • cultural
  • history
  • feminism
  • historical
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • fashion
  • microhistory
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin

15. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

By: Kate Strasdin

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more

Similar categories in Kate Strasdin's The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • audiobook
Cover of Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games by Marcus du Sautoy

16. Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

By: Marcus du Sautoy

3.64

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

“A delightful global tour of how humans think and play, led by one of our finest mathematical story… read more

Similar categories in Marcus du Sautoy's Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

17. Eyeliner: A Cultural History

By: Zahra Hankir

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more

Similar categories in Zahra Hankir's Eyeliner: A Cultural History book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • cultural
  • history
  • feminism
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • microhistory
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren

18. The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

By: Rebecca Clarren

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work." — The Boston Globe An award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Clarren's The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions by Mattie Kahn

19. Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

By: Mattie Kahn

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far" Vogue's " Best Books of 2023 (So Far)" … read more

Similar categories in Mattie Kahn's Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs by Mo Rocca

20. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch by Andrea Freeman

21. Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch

By: Andrea Freeman

4.06

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

The first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon o… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Freeman's Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch book and Hannah Carlson's Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

20 Best audiobook books like Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

Transform Your Habits

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Jamie Loftus

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Ashley Shew

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

Jenni Nuttall

3.82

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21 Top audiobook books like Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

Becca Rothfeld

3.76

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