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The Most Read Books of the 2025 Reading Challenge So Far
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Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Higginbotham, Adam *
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 currently-reading, book-club, energy, science-history, technology 2025/06/01 2025/06/30 Betsy 2025/04/20 view activity »
The Exceptions by Kate Zernike The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science Zernike, Kate
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 to-read, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2025/01/22 view activity »
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution Rovelli, Carlo
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 to-read, physics, science-history     Betsy 2025/01/16 view activity »
The Great Quake by Henry Fountain The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet Fountain, Henry
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 to-read, geology, science-history     Betsy 2025/01/16 view activity »
Fire Weather by John Vaillant Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Vaillant, John
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 read, book-club, climate, ecology, energy, science-history 2025/03/01 2025/03/31 Betsy 2024/08/19 view activity »
The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Kean, Sam *
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 to-read, medicine, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2023/12/21 view activity »
109 East Palace by Jennet Conant 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos Conant, Jennet
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 to-read, biography, physics, science-history     Betsy 2023/08/18 view activity »
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris The Facemaker Fitzharris, Lindsey *
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 to-read, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2023/07/16 view activity »
Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong Offit, Paul A.
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2023/06/22 view activity »
Creation The Origin of Life & The Future of Life by Adam Rutherford Creation The Origin of Life & The Future of Life Rutherford, Adam
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 to-read, biology, evolution, genetics, science-history     Betsy 2023/04/23 view activity »
The Genome Defense by Jorge L. Contreras The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA Contreras, Jorge L.
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, biology, genetics, medicine, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2023/03/22 view activity »
Evolution by Carl Zimmer Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea Zimmer, Carl *
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 to-read, evolution, genetics, science-history     Betsy 2022/12/17 view activity »
Beyond by Stephen Walker Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space Walker, Stephen
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 to-read, science-history, space-science     Betsy 2022/08/22 view activity »
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far by Lawrence M. Krauss The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here? Krauss, Lawrence M.
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, cosmology, science-history     Betsy 2022/08/16 view activity »
In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette Sides, Hampton
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder The Soul of a New Machine Kidder, Tracy
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 to-read, science-history, technology     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
Radioactivity by Marjorie C. Malley Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science Malley, Marjorie C.
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, physics, science-history     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
A Brief History of the Earth's Climate by Steven Earle A Brief History of the Earth's Climate: Everyone's Guide to the Science of Climate Change Earle, Steven
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 to-read, climate, science-history     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature Shapiro, Beth
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 to-read, ecology, evolution, genetics, science-history     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery by Darryl Cunningham Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery Cunningham, Darryl *
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 to-read, biography, science-history     Betsy 2021/11/23 view activity »
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Kuhn, Thomas S.
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 read, book-club, science-history 2022/02/01 2022/02/28 Betsy 2021/11/16 view activity »
The Human Planet by Simon L. Lewis The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene Lewis, Simon L.
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 to-read, climate, ecology, energy, science-history     Betsy 2021/10/18 view activity »
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Larson, Erik *
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, biography, climate, science-history     Betsy 2021/04/15 view activity »
The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb Kean, Sam *
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 to-read, biography, physics, science-history     Betsy 2021/03/19 view activity »
The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World Emling, Shelley
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, evolution, paleontology, science-history     Betsy 2021/02/23 view activity »
House on Fire by William H. Foege House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Volume 21) Foege, William H.
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, epidemiology, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2021/01/23 view activity »
The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars Marchant, Jo
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 to-read, astronomy, evolution, science-history     Betsy 2021/01/23 view activity »
The Human Tide by Paul Morland The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World Morland, Paul
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 to-read, anthropology, ecology, science-history, sociology     Betsy 2020/12/16 view activity »
The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Dawkins, Richard *
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, anthropology, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, climate, complex-systems, energy, mathematics, medicine, oceanography, philosophy, physics, psychology, science-history     Betsy 2020/10/16 view activity »
Discourse on Method by René Descartes Discourse on Method Descartes, René
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 to-read, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2020/07/15 view activity »


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