Sebastian Vogel

40 books

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

806 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

Jennifer Ackerman

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction health science funny informative reflective medium-paced
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

333 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

John Dickie

370 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

Darwin's Radio

Darwin's Radio #1

Greg Bear

544 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson

304 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime informative slow-paced
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle

Daniel L. Everett

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous slow-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

358 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting by Thomas D. Seeley

Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting

Thomas D. Seeley

184 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative medium-paced