Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar

Very interesting.

Life in Code by Ellen Ullman

Super interesting.

The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre

Interesting.

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Very interesting.

The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King

So, so good.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

This was uneven.

The Tangled Tree by David Quammen

Very interesting.

The World as It Is by Ben Rhodes

Interesting.

Code Girls by Liza Mundy

Very interesting.

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

So, so interesting.

She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer

So, so interesting. Highly recommended.

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

I think mindset theory is a great idea, but I wish this book had been a little more academic and a little less anecdotal.

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

So on a micro-level, there were some interesting send-ups of academic culture here, but on a macro-level, the plot was weak.

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The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard Markel

Decent.

Songs in a Weary Throat by Pauli Murray

Fascinating.

Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson

At first I found this completely charming, but by the end, it was just annoying. I can't diagnose why.

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Tasting the Past by Kevin Begos

Interesting.

Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin by Rae Katherine Eighmey

meh

An American Quilt by Rachel May

I loved this so, so much.

Count Girls In by Karen Panetta

Super interesting.

Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy

Very interesting.

Danubia by Simon Winder

Really well written.

Landslide by Jonathan Darman

I really enjoyed this.

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage by Hugh Bewster

Decent.

The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr

Fascinating, by which I mean depressing.

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in America by Andrew Coe

Decent.

Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson

Interesting.

First Women by Kate Andersen Brower

Interesting.

Time Travel by James Gleick

Interesting.

Between Two Worlds by Malcolm Gaskill

Decent.

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Oddly fascinating.

Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Decent.

The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen

Very well done. Unique, enjoyable.

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What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan

I really disliked this. Not even sure why I finished reading it.

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The Golden Passport by Duff McDonald

Very interesting.

Asperger's Children by Edith Sheffer

Interesting.

Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff

Extremely interesting.

Eisenhower vs. Warren by James F. Simon

Decent.

Rise Up, Women! by Diane Atkinson

Interesting.

Damnation Island by Stacy Horn

Fascinating.

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

Very interesting.

The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

meh

Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter by Lucinda Hawksley

Very interesting.

Denmark Vesey's Garden by Ethan Kytle and Blain Roberts

Very interesting.

1968: The Rise and Fall of the New American Revolution by Robert Cottrell and Blaine Browne

Interesting.

A Consumers' Republic by Lizabeth Cohen

Super-interesting.

The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker

Very interesting.

How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

Well, that was terrifying.

How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson

Really, really well done.

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Fascinating. This is one of those books that everyone should read.