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by Rebecca Skloot · about this book

Loved The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot? If its nonfiction, science writing and racism hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Bloomsbury Sigma) and The Warmth of Other Suns. 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 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Nonfiction · Science Writing · Racism · Popular Science · Female Lead

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

   Walter Isaacson

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

   Kathryn Harkup

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   The Warmth of Other Suns

   Isabel Wilkerson

   Racism · Biography · Investigative Journalism · Nonfiction · American South

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   Marsha

   Tourmaline

   Biography · History · Nonfiction · Racism · Economic Inequality

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   The Radium Girls

   Kate Moore

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   The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

   Hallie Rubenhold

   Biography · Classism · Economic Inequality · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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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 · Genetics · Nonfiction · Medicine

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   Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

   Casey Cep

   Biography · Nonfiction · Investigative Journalism · History · American South

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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 · Biology · Nonfiction · Medicine

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

    Adam Higginbotham

    Investigative Journalism · Nonfiction · Tragic · Medicine · History

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    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    Nonfiction · Tragic · History · Emotional · Memoir & Biography

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    True

    Kostya Kennedy

    Biography · Racism · Nonfiction · History · Memoir & Biography

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    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Biography · Tragic · Nonfiction · Racism · Memoir & Biography

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    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

    Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Racism · Economic Inequality · Nonfiction · History · Investigative Journalism

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    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Terminal Illness · Tragic · Nonlinear Narrative · Emotional · Female Lead

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    Thunderstruck

    Erik Larson

    Biography · Dual Timeline · Nonfiction · History · Investigative Journalism

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    The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

    Tom Reiss

    Biography · Nonfiction · Racism · History · Investigative Journalism

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    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Hospital · Nonfiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Emotional · Memoir & Biography

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    A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

    Anthony Marra

    Hospital · Tragic · Medicine · Nonlinear Narrative · Emotional

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    The German Wife

    Kelly Rimmer

    American South · Dual Timeline · Tragic · Emotional · Female Lead

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