Books like…

Books Like Stiff

by Mary Roach · about this book

Loved Stiff by Mary Roach? If its nonfiction, popular science and funny hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?, Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Bloomsbury Sigma) and The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Stiff: Nonfiction · Popular Science · Funny · Science Writing · Dry Humor

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   A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

   Kelly Weinersmith

   Popular Science · Science Writing · Nonfiction · Medicine · Dry Humor

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   Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Bloomsbury Sigma)

   Kathryn Harkup

   Popular Science · Science Writing · Medicine · Nonfiction · Graphic Medical Content

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   The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

   Walter Isaacson

   Science Writing · Popular Science · Medicine · Nonfiction · Biology

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   Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

   Michio Kaku

   Popular Science · Science Writing · Nonfiction · Medicine

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5. 

   How I Broke Up with My Colon: Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories

   Nick Seluk

   Popular Science · Nonfiction · Medicine · Funny · Graphic Medical Content

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6. 

   The Future Is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies

   Bob McDonald

   Popular Science · Science Writing · Nonfiction

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7. 

   The Dreadfuls

   A. Rae Dunlap

   Medicine · Graphic Medical Content · Funny · Dark Comedy

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8. 

   Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

   Matthew Perry

   Nonfiction · Graphic Medical Content · Dark Comedy · Funny · Hospital

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9. 

   A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

   David Sedaris

   Nonfiction · Dry Humor · Funny · Dark Comedy

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10. 

    The Radium Girls

    Kate Moore

    Medicine · Graphic Medical Content · Nonfiction · History

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11. 

    Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

    Adam Higginbotham

    Graphic Medical Content · Nonfiction · Medicine · History

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12. 

    Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

    Sarafina El-Badry Nance

    Science Writing · Nonfiction · Medicine

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13. 

    The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

    Griffin Dunne

    Nonfiction · Dry Humor · Dark Comedy · Funny

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14. 

    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Dry Humor · Funny · Dark Comedy · Hospital · Fast-Paced

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15. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Nonfiction · Dry Humor · Dark Comedy · Hospital

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16. 

    The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

    Natsu Hyuuga

    Medicine · Dry Humor · Funny

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17. 

    Mickey 7

    Edward Ashton

    Dry Humor · Dark Comedy · Funny · Fast-Paced

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18. 

    The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 1

    Nekokurage

    Medicine · Dry Humor · Funny

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19. 

    I'm Glad My Mom Died

    Jennette McCurdy

    Nonfiction · Funny · Dark Comedy

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20. 

    The Princess Diarist

    Carrie Fisher

    Nonfiction · Dry Humor · Funny

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