9 must-read science books like Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard

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Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

By: Leah Hazard

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h…

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1. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

By: Leah Hazard

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more

Similar categories in Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • feminism
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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2. 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

Similar categories in Cat Bohannon's Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

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

3. 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 Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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4. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

By: Henry Grabar

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more

Similar categories in Henry Grabar's Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

5. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
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6. Ojczyzna moralnie czysta. Początki HIV w Polsce

By: Bartosz Żurawiecki

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Początki epidemii HIV w Polsce przypominają thriller: pełne napięcia oczekiwanie na pojawianie się … read more

Similar categories in Bartosz Żurawiecki's Ojczyzna moralnie czysta. Początki HIV w Polsce book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

By: Hollie McNish

4.43

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Hollie McNish's Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
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8. Cacophony of Bone

By: Kerri ní Dochartaigh

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway… read more

Similar categories in Kerri ní Dochartaigh's Cacophony of Bone book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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9. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

By: Rachel E. Gross

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A scientific journey to the center of the new female body. The Latin term for the female genital… read more

Similar categories in Rachel E. Gross's Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • feminism
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"Medicine is supposed to be unbiased," she says. "But when we look at the bigger picture of it, we can see that it is far from that."

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

"Darwin's attitudes toward women were a direct outgrowth of his ideas about other animals—or, rather, each reinforced the other. Throughout his career, he insisted that female animals were less capabl…"

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

"Your vagina is another planet. If you could shrink down to the size of a grain of sand and go between your own legs, you'd find a wondrous realm of humid jungles, cool caves, and viscous pits of mucu…"

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

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10. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

By: Jen Gunter

4.25

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more

Similar categories in Jen Gunter's Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • feminism
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

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11. Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human

By: Sarah DiGregorio

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early i… read more

Similar categories in Sarah DiGregorio's Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control by Amanda Montei

12. Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control

By: Amanda Montei

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An overwhelmed Mom reveals the intersection between misogyny and American motherhood and tracks a p… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Montei's Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • feminism
  • womens
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Reproduction

By: Louisa Hall

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A lucid, genre-defying novel that explores the surreality of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood … read more

Similar categories in Louisa Hall's Reproduction book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • feminism
  • audiobook
Cover of Enough About the Baby: A Brutally Honest Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Becky Vieira

14. Enough About the Baby: A Brutally Honest Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood

By: Becky Vieira

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An unapologetic guide to the first year of motherhood, Enough About the Baby is a newborn book for … read more

Similar categories in Becky Vieira's Enough About the Baby: A Brutally Honest Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Parenthood Dilemma: Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty by Gina Rushton

15. The Parenthood Dilemma: Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty

By: Gina Rushton

3.97

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Our Culture Magazine Best Book of 2023 “Rushton's work is generous, thoughtful, and honest, taking … read more

Similar categories in Gina Rushton's The Parenthood Dilemma: Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • feminism
  • womens
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World

By: Devorah Heitner

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of the… read more

Similar categories in Devorah Heitner's Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Higher Animals

By: Michael Specter

3.96

Format: None pages, None

None read more

Similar categories in Michael Specter's Higher Animals book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • audiobook
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Period: The Real Story of Menstruation by Kate Clancy

18. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation

By: Kate Clancy

3.97

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clancy's Period: The Real Story of Menstruation book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • feminism
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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19. Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America

By: Rebecca Grant

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and compassionate.” — The New York Times B… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Grant's Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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20. Libere: di scegliere se e come avere figli (Italian Edition)

By: Ilaria Maria Dondi

4.13

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Non esiste un solo tipo di madre, né un solo tipo di donna senza figli; perché non esiste un unico … read more

Similar categories in Ilaria Maria Dondi's Libere: di scegliere se e come avere figli (Italian Edition) book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • nonfiction
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21. Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

By: Allison Yarrow

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A shocking, revelatory account of the dangerous misogyny that permeates pregnancy, birth, and early… read more

Similar categories in Allison Yarrow's Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood book and Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

  • health
  • feminism
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • womens
"As a laboring person, it's hard to know whether the resident or nurse trainee is capable and caring or is following orders to do something to your body, to rush your labor because of hospital quotas …"

-Allison Yarrow, Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

"Tracey Vogel, an anesthesiologist also trained as a rape crisis counselor, told me that trauma-informed care, crucially, shifts power. "It takes us from 'I am your doctor, and this is what I'm going …"

-Allison Yarrow, Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

"Hands speak more intimately than words," writes author André Aciman. He's discussing the deaf here, specifically his mother, but I immediately think about healthcare, about perinatal care specificall…"

-Allison Yarrow, Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

"Hands speak more intimately than words," writes author Aundre Aciman. He's discussing the deaf here, specifically his mother, but I immediately think about healthcare, about perinatal care specifical…"

-Allison Yarrow, Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

10 Top womens books like Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard

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Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

Leah Hazard

4.10

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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

4.32

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

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Rachel E. Gross

4.42

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8 Top womens books like Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Jen Gunter

Transform Your Habits

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

4.32

Transform Your Habits

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

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Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

Sarah Ditum

3.58

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