The
Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanRed by Jacky Colliss Harvey
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig
Coal by Barbara Freese
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Rain by Cynthia Barnett
Cod by Mark Kurlansky
And a Bottle of Rum by Wayne Curtis
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter
Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast
Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson
Spice by Jack Turner
Color by Victoria Finlay
Rabid by Bill Wasik
The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
At Home by Bill Bryson
Don’t even get me STARTED on microhistories.
I love this genre.
How have I only read two of these?
I’ve read Cod, and Consider the Fork, and At Home, and I need to read the rest of these right now. I can also recommend the following:
Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion by Linda Stratmann
On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does by Simon Garfield
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson
Hunger: An Unnatural History by Sharman Apt Russell
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
This is seriously a huge portion of my amazon kindle library
Burn Unit by Barbara Ravage (yes, really)
On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
Wind by Jan DeBlieu
Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex
Micro History
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