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10 best books like Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles (Richard B. McKenzie): An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, My Friend Anna, The Beach, Tripwire, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action; A Memoir, The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity, Never Have I Ever, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
AuthorOliver Sacks
ISBN0330343475
I've read about neurologist Oliver Sacks in other books but I'm pretty sure this was my first experience reading one of his books and I actually really enjoyed it. Sacks writes up narratives for patients he works with or people he meets with neurological conditions in a way that makes it much easier to...
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
AuthorMalcolm Gladwell
ISBN0316478520
In July 2015, a young black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Three days later, she committed suicide in her cell. What went wrong? Talking to Strangers is all about what happens when we encounter people we...
My Friend Anna
AuthorRachel DeLoache Williams
ISBN1982114096
My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams is a 2019 Gallery Books publication.

Several weeks ago, this book popped up on my radar by way of Book Riot. I seem to be on a true crime kick lately, so I checked the book out from the cloud library. Although it hardly lives up to the gushing hype, the story...
The Beach
AuthorAlex Garland
ISBN1573226521
I really have no idea how to describe this book, it was mesmerising. Richard, a British backpacker arrives in Bangkok and on his first night in a hostel is given a map that leads to a so-called Eden, a secret beach that few travellers know about. So with French couple Etienne and Francoise in tow, they try...
Tripwire
AuthorLee Child
ISBN0515128635
This isn't a review, because I just started reading this book, but I couldn't help sharing my irritation.

I like Lee Child's storytelling skills, and Jack Reacher is a fun character to read about.

Unfortunately, his prose is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Most irritating of all,...
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
AuthorDavid Epstein
ISBN0735214484
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think.

Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you...
Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action; A Memoir
AuthorDavid Fajgenbaum
ISBN1524799610
The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure--and became a champion for a new approach to medical research.

"An extraordinary memoir . . . It belongs with Atul Gawande's writings and When Breath Becomes...
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
AuthorDouglas Murray
ISBN1635579988
The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals...
Never Have I Ever
AuthorJoshilyn Jackson
In this game, even winning can be deadly...

Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted...
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
AuthorSteven Pinker
ISBN0753810255
Steven Pinker's work is generally very readable, and so he has become something of a champion popularizer of linguistics and all the fun, quirky, nifty tidbits of knowledge that come with the field. Unfortunately, he also does two things that annoy the hell out of me:

1) He writes from a controversial...
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