19 must-read science books like Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin

Cover of Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin

Clean: The New Science of Skin

By: James Hamblin

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

The author of the popular Atlantic articles "You're Likely to Get the Coronavirus" and "I Quit Show…

"Capitalism sells nothing so effectively as status."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"Capitalism sells nothing so effectively as status."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"Self and other is less of a dichotomy than a continuum."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"Self and other is less of a dichotomy than a continuum."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

If you liked the science plot in Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life by Rodney Dietert

1. The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

By: Rodney Dietert

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Eyeopening... Fascinating... may presage a paradigm shift in medicine.”  — Kirkus Reviews  (starre… read more

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  • audiobook
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by Vicki Robin, John De Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, None, Thomas H Naylor

2. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

By: Vicki Robin , John De Graaf , David Wann , Thomas H. Naylor , None , Thomas H Naylor

3.87

Format: 54 pages,

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating by Walter C. Willett, Patrick J. Skerrett

3. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

By: Walter C. Willett , Patrick J. Skerrett

3.69

Format: 143 pages,

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  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv

4. Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life

By: Richard Louv

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

From the author of the New York Times bestseller that defined nature-deficit disorder and launched … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • health

5. Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age

By: Edward D. Hess , None

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Humility Is the New Smart Your job is at risk--if not now, then soon. We are on the leading edge of… read more

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6. The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor

By: Ron Chernow

3.48

Format: None pages,

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7. Skin Cleanse: The Simple, All-Natural Program for Clear, Calm, Happy Skin

By: Adina Grigore

4.62

Format: None pages,

Breakouts. Dryness. Redness. Oiliness. If you're like most women,you've been on a never-ending que… read more

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8. You're Saying it Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse

By: Kathryn Petras , Ross Petras

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

An entertaining and informative guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their co… read more

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Cover of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back by Alden Wicker

9. To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

By: Alden Wicker

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A Silent Spring for your wardrobe, To Dye For is a jolting exposé that reveals the true cost of the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

10. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cover of The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr

11. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

By: Benjamin Lorr

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

12. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

13. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • biology
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

14. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder by Robert I. Sutton

15. The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder

By: Robert I. Sutton

3.85

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Every organization is plagued by destructive friction—the forces that make it harder, more complica… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Sandra Kahn

16. Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

By: Sandra Kahn

3.76

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are ge… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik

17. Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

By: Mark Miodownik

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This fascinating new book by the bestselling scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik is an expert tou… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow by Sandy Skotnicki

18. Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow

By: Sandy Skotnicki

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

North America's leading dermatologist offers a ground-breaking, informative, and incredibly practic… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power by Kristen Willeumier

19. Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power

By: Kristen Willeumier

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A neuroscientist’s groundbreaking, science-driven plan for revitalizing, nourishing and rejuvenatin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs by Ina Park

20. Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs

By: Ina Park

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Joyful and funny . . . Park uses science, compassion, humor, diverse stories and examples of her o… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"In 1959, women were told they needed to cultivate their “daintiness"

-Ina Park, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs

Cover of The Skincare Hoax: How You're Being Tricked into Buying Lotions, Potions & Wrinkle Cream by Fayne L. Frey

21. The Skincare Hoax: How You're Being Tricked into Buying Lotions, Potions & Wrinkle Cream

By: Fayne L. Frey

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Feel Empowered and Beautiful at Any Age with This Groundbreaking Guide to Skincare   We all want … read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin

22. Clean: The New Science of Skin

By: James Hamblin

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

The author of the popular Atlantic articles "You're Likely to Get the Coronavirus" and "I Quit Show… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • history
  • unfinished
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Capitalism sells nothing so effectively as status."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"Self and other is less of a dichotomy than a continuum."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"As we change our worlds, we change our bodies. The old duality between environmental health and human health is obsolete."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

"[E]ven our most personal decisions about caring for our bodies have long been influenced and manipulated by larger power structures."

-James Hamblin, Clean: The New Science of Skin

Cover of House Rules: How to Decorate for Every Home, Style, and Budget (Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating, Beautiful Wedding Gift and House Warming Gift) by Myquillyn Smith

23. House Rules: How to Decorate for Every Home, Style, and Budget (Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating, Beautiful Wedding Gift and House Warming Gift)

By: Myquillyn Smith

4.37

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Finally, a decorating book that transcends trends and applies to every style! You want to create a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson

24. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

By: Steven Johnson

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All the advances of mod… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health by Georgia  Ede

25. Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health

By: Georgia Ede

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness by Emily Anthes

26. The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

By: Emily Anthes

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor … read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias

27. The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America

By: Elizabeth Dias

4.53

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Beauty of Dirty Skin: The Surprising Science of Looking and Feeling Radiant from the Inside Out by Whitney Bowe

28. The Beauty of Dirty Skin: The Surprising Science of Looking and Feeling Radiant from the Inside Out

By: Whitney Bowe

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Internationally renowned dermatologist and research scientist Dr. Whitney Bowe presents, for the fi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Mary Ziegler

29. Roe: The History of a National Obsession

By: Mary Ziegler

3.70

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Skintelligent: What you really need to know to get great skin by Natalia Spierings

30. Skintelligent: What you really need to know to get great skin

By: Natalia Spierings

4.25

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

If you had a heart attack would you go to a personal trainer to treat your chest pain? If you had c… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is by Joe Walsh

31. F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is

By: Joe Walsh

3.81

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Donald Trump is the exact threat our Founding Fathers feared.Joe Walsh is as rock-ribbed a conserva… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

21 must-read audiobook books like Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin

Transform Your Habits

The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

Rodney Dietert

3.96

Transform Your Habits

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

Alden Wicker

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

3.95

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18 Top audiobook books like Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Mary Ziegler

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Transform Your Habits

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

Sarah Thornton

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Dolls of Our Lives

Mary Mahoney

3.53

Transform Your Habits

On Women

Susan Sontag

3.61

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