The Adjunct Underclass by Herb Childress

 

Interesting.

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

 

Very interesting.

The Angry Chef’s Guide to Spotting Bullsh*t in the World of Food: Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating by Anthony Warner

 

This was fun.

Remembering Shanghai by Claire Chao

 

Very interesting.

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

 

Great book; horrible narrator.

The Gatekeeper by Kathryn Smith

 

Very interesting.

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

 

This was just OK. The characterization lacked nuance, the plot plodded, and the ending had a decent twist but was poorly written.

Review copy provided by publisher.

Broken Ladder by Keith Payne

A really important book.

ENIAC by Scott McCartney

 

Interesting.

Off the Menu by Nell McShane Wulfhart

 

Very interesting.

In the Beginning by Michael Lienesch

 

Interesting.

1920 by Eric Burns

 

Interesting.

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

 

Interesting, but not 100% sure I trust the author.

Queen of the World by Robert Hardman

 

I loved this.

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

 

meh

The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh

 

Super interesting.

The Left Behind by Robert Wuthnow

 

Decent.

Bitwise by David Auerbach

 

Really interesting.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

This is one of those books that everyone should read.

Bound for the Promised Land by Kate Clifford Larson

 

Very interesting.

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood by Christopher Emdin

 

Super interesting.

Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future by John MacCormick

 

Very well done.

Awkward by Ty Tashiro

 

Very interesting. I liked the expression "the rage to master."

Don't Call Me Princess by Peggy Orenstein

 

Really interesting.

Mothers of Massive Resistance by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

 

Fascinating.

Future Histories by Lizzie O'Shea

 

meh

User Friendly by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant

 

I loved this.

Springfield Confidential by Mike Reiss

 

Fun and funny.

A Good Time to Be Born by Perri Klass

 

I really, really liked this.

Long Live Latin by Nicola Gardini

 

meh

All Hell Breaking Loose by Michael Klare

 

Very, very interesting.

Geeky Pedagogy by Jessamyn Neuhaus

 

Decent.

Economics in Two Lessons by John Quiggin

 

I liked this.

The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker

 

Uneven.

The Last Slave Ships by John Harris

 

Decent.

The Light Ages by Seb Falk

 

meh

In Search of the Perfect Loaf by Samuel Fromartz

 

Decent.

The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman

 

Decent. 

(Jennifer M. Dixon is by far my favorite narrator.)

Eleanor by David Michaelis

 

I really enjoyed this.

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris

 

I like her, but this book was not that great.

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

 

So, so good.

Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West

 

This is one of those books that everyone should read.

The Golden Rhinoceros by François-Xavier Fauvelle

 

Decent.

Grape, Olive, Pig by Matt Goulding

 

Enjoyable.

Us versus Them by Jan Doering

 

meh

When Life Nearly Died by Michael Benton

 

meh

Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden

 

Decent.

The Lost Family by Libby Copeland

 

Interesting.

Cookbook Politics by Kennan Ferguson

 

meh

The Silence by Don DeLillo

 

Why is everyone raving about this? It was weird.

Pasta, Pane, Vino by Matt Goulding

 

Fun -- especially since we have been to one of the restaurants he visited.

Countdown 1945 by Chris Wallace

 

So, no, it's not an academic history, but he's a good storyteller.