You Are What You Watch
By: Walter Hickey
3.72
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Data expert Walter Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, h…
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1. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- science
2. 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
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- psychology
"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
3. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
4. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- tv
5. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
By: Tommy Tomlinson
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- technology
8. 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
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- science
- history
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sociology
- technology
9. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s
By: Sarah Ditum
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
- pop culture
10. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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- nonfiction
- pop culture
11. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- psychology
12. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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- nonfiction
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
13. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
14. So Fetch
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of th… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- sociology
15. 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
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Brat
By: Gabriel Smith
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more
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"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."-Gabriel Smith, Brat
17. Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture―and the Magic That Makes It Work
By: Jesse David Fox
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture , Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions , and Lit Hub " C… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
- film
18. The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
By: Elizabeth Flock
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Renowned journalist and author of The Heart is a Shifting Sea Elizabeth Flock investigates what few… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I saw how their violent actions had both helped and harmed them, and others around them... They all found agency, a voice, and an identity beyond how the men in their towns saw them. But they got no …"-Elizabeth Flock, The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
19. You Are What You Watch
By: Walter Hickey
3.72
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Data expert Walter Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, h… read more
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- science
- history
- pop culture
- film
- psychology
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- tv
- sociology
- technology
20. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
By: David Leonhardt
4.28
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
21. Mood Swings
By: Frankie Barnet
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a Calif… read more
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22. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution
By: Ryan O'Hanlon
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- nonfiction
- tv
- sociology
24. I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art
By: Emily C. Bloom
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in m… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
25. Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
By: Kliph Nesteroff
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the cultur… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
- film
26. The Material
By: Camille Bordas
3.42
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A single momentous day transforms the lives of students and professors at a school for stand-up com… read more
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27. The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America
By: Philip Bump
3.61
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
28. The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been
By: Jake Berman
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
A visual exploration of the transit histories of twenty-three US and Canadian cities. Every driver … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
29. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
By: Chris Nashawaty
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
30. No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era
By: Jacqueline A. Jones
4.02
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From a Bancroft Prize winner, a harrowing portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteen… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
31. She followed the moon back to herself
By: Amanda Lovelace
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
the tenth poetry collection from amanda lovelace deviates from the well-worn path of fairy tales & … read more
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