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The Physics of Climate Change

The Physics of Climate Change

ByLawrence M. Krauss

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness

ByIchiro Kishimi,Fumitake Koga

2013 • 373 Readers • 272 pages • 4

The illustrated longitude

The Illustrated Longitude

ByDava Sobel

Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal

Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal

ByAndreas Viestad

A Bite-Sized History of France

A Bite-Sized History of France

ByJeni Mitchell,Stéphane Hénaut

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

ByJon Gertner

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

ByKate Moore

The Science of Interstellar

The Science of Interstellar

ByKip S. Thorne

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

ByMike Brown,Ryan Gesell

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie

Great Discoveries

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie

ByBarbara Goldsmith

Incarnations: A History of India in 50 Lives

Incarnations: A History of India in 50 Lives

BySunil Khilnani

Masala Lab

ByKrish Ashok

A History of Cricket in 100 Objects

A History of Cricket in 100 Objects

ByGavin Mortimer

The Count of Monte Cristo

#2 of 2 in Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

ByAlexandre Dumas

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World

BySimon Garfield

Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era

Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era

BySaul Austerlitz

Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word

Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word

ByAlex Johnson

A HISTORY OF INDIA THROUGH 75 OBJECTS

A HISTORY OF INDIA THROUGH 75 OBJECTS

BySudeshna Guha

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,324 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

#1 of 3 in The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

ByHeather Morris(contributor)

Einstein's Fridge

Einstein's Fridge

ByPaul Sen

Just My Type

BySimon Garfield

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On Fire

On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

ByBen Stokes

Shoe Dog

ByPhil Knight

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 2,088 Readers • 447 pages • 4.4

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

#0 of 3 in The Hunger Games

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

BySuzanne Collins

Broadside: How We Regained the Ashes

Broadside: How We Regained the Ashes

ByStuart Broad

On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes

ByAlexandra Horowitz

The Fellowship of the Ring

#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 3,097 Readers • 398 pages • 4.4

On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way It Does

On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way It Does

BySimon Garfield

The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic: Story Behind Indian Cricket's Historic Breach of the Gabba Fortress

The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic: Story Behind Indian Cricket's Historic Breach of the Gabba Fortress

ByBharat Sundaresan,Gaurav Joshi

Othello

ByWilliam Shakespeare

1603 • 485 Readers • 226 pages • 3.8

The Hobbit

Middle-earth Legendarium

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1937 • 3,973 Readers • 10h 24m • 4.3

Timekeepers

BySimon Garfield

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

ByWalter Isaacson

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

ByGabrielle Zevin

Cat's Cradle

ByKurt Vonnegut

1963 • 1,096 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1

Dhoni Touch

ByBharat Sundaresan

The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

ByArik Kershenbaum

The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy

The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy

ByLeo Tolstoy

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

ByRandy Pausch

The Maidens

ByAlex Michaelides

2018 • 564 Readers • 336 pages • 3.4

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

ByAanchal Malhotra

2018 • 10 Readers • 4.2

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Reidverse

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

ByTaylor Jenkins Reid

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

ByMark Miodownik

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

ByStephen Chbosky

The ABC Murders

#13 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

The ABC Murders

ByAgatha Christie

The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

BySydney Padua

The Genius Factory

The Genius Factory

ByDavid Plotz

The Ig Nobel Prizes

#1 of 1 in The Ig Nobel Prizes

The Ig Nobel Prizes

ByMarc Abrahams

Menus that Made History: 100 iconic menus that capture the history of food

Menus that Made History: 100 iconic menus that capture the history of food

ByAlex Johnson,Vincent Franklin

The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series

The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series

ByJessica Radloff

Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn't Tell You

Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn't Tell You

BySteven Farmer

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Open

Open: An Autobiography

ByAndre Agassi

Chaos

ByJames Gleick

Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities

Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities

ByPaul Anthony Jones

The Fight

ByNorman Mailer

India After Gandhi

India After Gandhi

ByRamachandra Guha

Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sunderban

Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sunderban

ByAmitav Ghosh

The White Tiger

The White Tiger

ByAravind Adiga

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

ByKhaled Hosseini

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

#1 of 2 in What If?

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

ByRandall Munroe

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

ByDouglas Adams

1979 • 3,437 Readers • 215 pages • 4.2

Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

ByJhumpa Lahiri

Murder on the Orient Express

#11 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

Crima din Orient Express

ByAgatha Christie

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

ByStephen Hawking

And Then There Were None

#3 of 6 in Agatha Christie Graphic Novels

And Then There Were None

ByAgatha Christie

Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan

ByKhushwant Singh

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret

ByMichael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

ByFrank Herbert

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A Chronicle of His Life

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A Chronicle of His Life

ByFrank Harris

#Tatastories: 40 Timeless Tales to Inspire You

#Tatastories: 40 Timeless Tales to Inspire You

ByHarish Bhat

The Alchemist

ByPaulo Coelho

Beyond the last blue mountain

Beyond the last blue mountain

ByR.M. Lala

Mockingjay

#3 of 3 in The Hunger Games

BySuzanne Collins

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Morgan's Men

Morgan's Men: The Inside Story of England's Rise from Cricket World Cup Humiliation to Glory

ByNick Hoult,Steve James

Catching Fire

#2 of 3 in The Hunger Games

BySuzanne Collins

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

#1 of 2 in Feynman

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

ByRichard P. Feynman,Микола Климчук(Translator)

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow

#8 of 9 in Sherlock Holmes

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow

ByArthur Conan Doyle

Dombey and Son

ByCharles Dickens

1848 • 33 Readers • 978 pages • 3.8

Pride and Prejudice

Cozy Classics

Pride and Prejudice

ByJane Austen

Jane Eyre

ByCharlotte Brontë

Life of Pi

ByYann Martel

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

BySuzanne Collins

Hard Times

ByCharles Dickens

1854 • 125 Readers • 358 pages • 3.2

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Myths & Legends of Japan

Myths & Legends of Japan

ByF. Hadland Davis

Periodic Tales

ByHugh Aldersey-Williams

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

ByNeil deGrasse Tyson

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

#1 of 3 in Capitaine Nemo

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

ByJules Verne,Anthony Bonner(Translator),+1 more

Out There

ByMichael Wall

The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

ByRamachandra Guha

Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

ByStephen Hawking,Carl Sagan,+1 more

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

ByStephen Hawking

Planet Hunters: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Planet Hunters: The search for extraterrestrial life

ByLucas Ellerbroek,Andy Brown(Translator)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

#4 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

ByAgatha Christie

Cosmos

ByCarl Sagan

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

ByCharles Dickens

The Great Partition

The Great Partition

ByYasmin Cordery Khan

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

ByBrian Greene

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#6 of 8 in Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

ByJ. K. Rowling