11 Top nonfiction books like The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know by Sophie Scott

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The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know

By: Sophie Scott

3.74

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours…

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1. How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

By: Neil Gaiman

4.05

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

A Neverwhere short story from one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our generation - the … read more

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"The Marquis de Carabas did not trust people. It was bad for business and it could set an unfortunate precedent. He did not trust his friends or his occasional lovers, and he certainly never trusted h…"

-Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

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2. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

By: Henry Marsh

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

3. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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4. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

By: David Eagleman

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

If the conscious mind--the part you consider you--accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain's … read more

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5. The Wellness Syndrome

By: Carl Cederström

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for no… read more

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6. The First Crusade: The Call from the East

By: Peter Frankopan

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated … read more

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7. Inocenții

By: Ioana Pârvulescu

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parerea editorului:Poate ca inocenta e varsta la care ar fi trebuit sa ramanem pentru a da un dram … read more

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8. A Boy Called Christmas

By: Matt Haig

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is… read more

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9. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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10. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

By: Grant Snider

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more

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  • nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."

-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

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11. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive

By: Philipp Dettmer

4.59

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."

-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive

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12. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

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13. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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14. Treacle Walker

By: Alan Garner

3.13

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more

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15. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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16. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

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17. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

By: Sabine Hossenfelder

3.92

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

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18. Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

By: Alina Chan

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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19. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works

By: Helen Czerski

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. Séance Tea Party

By: Reimena Yee

4.25

Format: 272 pages, None

After watching her circle of friends seemingly fade away, Lora is determined to still have fun on h… read more

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"To childhood, and growing up, and growing old, and magic – whatever age we are."

-Reimena Yee, Séance Tea Party

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21. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

By: Dan Santat

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more

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22. Blossomise

By: Simon Armitage

4.22

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its mela… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 2

By: Lize Meddings

4.07

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find y… read more

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24. Happy Stories, Mostly

By: Norman Erikson Pasaribu

3.77

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve st… read more

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25. The Weddings (Inheritance collection)

By: Alexander Chee

3.36

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

For Jack Cho, a fortysomething gay man, being able to marry someone he loves is so unfamiliar it’s … read more

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26. The Lion's Den

By: Anthony Marra

3.47

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Exposing his father’s transgressions in a tell-all was the ethical, righteous—and profitable—thing … read more

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"Finding an empty wheelchair in front of a lion enclosure is like finding a pair of shoes at the ocean’s edge. You might look to your left and your right, but in your heart you know the only way their…"

-Anthony Marra, The Lion's Den

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27. Unshame: Healing Trauma-Based Shame Through Psychotherapy

By: Carolyn Spring

4.61

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

A book for psychotherapists and their clients - and for anyone who wants to make the journey from s… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Please Report Your Bug Here

By: Josh Riedel

3.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Josh Riedel's adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app employee who discovers a… read more

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29. The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know

By: Sophie Scott

3.74

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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30. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

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31. Toward Eternity

By: Anton Hur

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more

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3.69

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4.59

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4.10

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4.12

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

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Paul C.W. Davies , Werner Heisenberg

4.02

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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

Sean Carroll

4.18

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2.00

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