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Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries by Greg Melville

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

Greg Melville

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.5xoshee's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0xoshee's review
nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman

The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

Jon Billman

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.75xoshee's review
nonfiction true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

362 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0xoshee's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger

The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

Buzz Bissinger

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0xoshee's review
nonfiction history sports emotional medium-paced
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler

Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

Max Cutler

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

2.5xoshee's review
nonfiction religion true crime dark informative medium-paced
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

687 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

3.75xoshee's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb by Sam Kean

The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

Sam Kean

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.25xoshee's review
nonfiction history science informative fast-paced
Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.5xoshee's review
nonfiction science true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

Barbara Butcher

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0xoshee's review
nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional informative fast-paced