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by Jared Diamond

Non-FictionHistoryScience ❄️ 0/5

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8 Books Matched to Guns Germs and Steel

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

❄️ 0/5 · 544p · Nonfiction, Science

If Guns Germs and Steel left a void, A Short History of Nearly Everything fills it — then digs a new one.

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

❄️ 0/5 · 496p · Nonfiction, Social Science

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Hidden Figures

by Margot Lee Shetterly

❄️ 0/5 · 368p · Nonfiction, History

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The Code Book

by Simon Singh

❄️ 0/5 · 412p · Nonfiction, Science

The Code Book matched on addictive and enemies-to-lovers. That's not a coincidence.

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Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari

❄️ 0/5 · 443p · Non-Fiction, History

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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

❄️ 0/5 · 571p · Non-Fiction, Medical History

Same addictive energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.

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The Calculating Stars

by Mary Robinette Kowal

🌶️ 1/5 · 432p · Science Fiction, Historical SF

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The Fated Sky

by Mary Robinette Kowal

🌶️ 1/5 · 384p · Science Fiction, Alternate History

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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson — ❄️ 0/5 spice, 544 pages

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