Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration
By: Christine Montross
4.46
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Galvanized by her work in our nation's jails, psychiatrist Christine Montross illuminates the human…
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1. The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
By: Nina Riggs
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An exquisite memoir about how to live--and love--every day with "death in the room," from poet Nina… read more
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2. The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
By: Alexandra Robbins
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this lively, fast-paced narrative, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins digs deep… read more
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3. Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone
By: Richard Lloyd Parry
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of nort… read more
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4. The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death
By: John Bateson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Dr. Judy Melinek's Working Stiff, an account of the hair-raising and heartbreaking c… read more
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5. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
By: Bill Schutt , None
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biologica… read more
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6. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
By: Donnie Eichar
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriousl… read more
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7. Felon: Poems
By: Reginald Dwayne Betts
4.34
Format: 95 pages, Hardcover
Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems—canvassing a wide r… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"A perfect day that's just like doom. Own so fucking world."-Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon: Poems
"& Nicky says it's a wonder how something that can have you hold another so gently could be the ruin of all you might touch."-Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon: Poems
8. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
9. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
10. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
By: Erin Kimmerle
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
12. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
14. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
By: Rick Emerson
3.96
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- psychology
- audiobook
15. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
16. Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts
By: Amy Bruni
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Star of Kindred Spirits and paranormal investigator Amy Bruni shares stories from her years of… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. 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
- sociology
- audiobook
18. The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family
By: John Glatt
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In The Doomsday Mother , bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Va… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times
By: Leah Sottile
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious d… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
By: Anita Hannig
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of ou… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption
By: Ian Manuel
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
My story has been told many times and by highly regarded experts in their fields [judges, prosecuto… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
22. The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
By: Benjamin Gilmer
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
By: Shane Bauer
4.23
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
"When I get home, I draw a bath. I pour a glass of wine, then another, and another. I try to empty my mind. Inside me there is a prison guard and a former prisoner and they are fighting with each othe…"-Shane Bauer, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
"How many times have such meetings been held throughout American history? How many times have men. be they private prison executives or convict lessees, gotten together to perform this ritual? They si…"-Shane Bauer, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
24. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health Crisis
By: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A psychiatrist and award-winning documentarian sheds light on the mental health care crisis in the … read more
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- politics
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- social justice
26. Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
By: Jax Miller
3.70
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
The stranger-than-fiction cold case from rural Oklahoma that has stumped authorities for two decade… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I come to Oklahoma, thinking that it’ll be hard to write about the dead, but it has proven harder to write about the living, about those who’ll have to read themselves through my eyes."-Jax Miller, Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
27. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
By: Colin Dickey
3.67
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
"Absolutely perfect for the current moment." --BuzzfeedAmerica's favorite cultural historian and au… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- psychology
- audiobook
"In a single stroke, the Linnaean classification system wiped monsters off the face of the map. There might still be unknown beasts and fearsome creatures out there, but now they each would have a fam…"-Colin Dickey, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
28. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin
4.21
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- mental health
29. Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration
By: Christine Montross
4.46
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Galvanized by her work in our nation's jails, psychiatrist Christine Montross illuminates the human… read more
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- politics
- law
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- disability
- audiobook
30. "Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration
By: Victoria Law
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
31. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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- audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
