The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan

Bizarre and interesting.

Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

I didn't like this: dialogue, plot, characterization--none of it worked well.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Nine Pints by Rose George

Super interesting.

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee

I loved this book.

The Queen Mother by Lady Colin Campbell

Interesting.

Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King

Interesting.

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

Decent.

iGen by Jean Twenge

Very interesting.

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

Fascinating and infuriating.

Parkland by Vincent Bugliosi

Really interesting.

The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich

Very interesting.

Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis

Very interesting.

The Social Leap by William von Hippel

Very interesting.

A Human Algorithm by Flynn Coleman

Interesting.

Reckoning by Linda Hirshman

Fascinating and infuriating.

The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

I didn't like this.

Life on a Young Planet

meh.

The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

I really disliked this.

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford

Decent.

The Season by Kristen Richardson

Super interesting.

The Electric War by Mike Winchell

meh.

Gravity's Century by Ron Cowen

meh.

Under the Knife by Arnold van de Laar

Interesting.

The Second Sleep by Robert Harris

I really, really enjoyed this.

Smokelore by Jim Auchmutey

Decent.

The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede

I really, really enjoyed this.

The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly

I loved this. QEII is one of my favorite people.

The Institute by Stephen King

Not quite typical for King, but I really liked this.

Negroland by Margo Jefferson

So interesting, and so nicely written.

Healthy Habits Such by Dayna Lee-Baggley

Interesting.

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Yes, he's shallow and quirky, but he tells good stories.

The Body by Bill Bryson

Very, very well done.

American Cuisine by Paul Freedman

Decent.

The War on Science by Shawn Otto

Kind of a mixed bag.

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

An unusually good book--unique, twisty, suspenseful.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Cold Storage by David Koepp

I'm kind of embarrassed by how much I enjoyed this.

A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

meh

The Creativity Code by Marcus du Sautoy

Super interesting.

On 1984 by D. J. Tayloe

So interesting.

Stiffed by Susan Faludi

Oddly dated--and yet not at all dated. Interesting.

The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler

Decent.

The Short Drop by Matthew Fitzsimmons

meh

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

Decent.

The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin

I liked this.

Hair Story by Ayana Byrd

Interesting.

Invisible Women by Caroline Perez

One of the most interesting books that I have read in a long time.

The Technology Trap by Carl Frey

Super interesting; highly recommended.

How to be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

So, so interesting.

Fifty Years of 60 Minutes by Jeff Fager

I loved this.

McMindfulness by Ronald Purser

Very interesting.