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Man Alive A true story of violence, forgiveness, and becoming a man.
On Immunity A philosophical look at the history of vaccination
The Argonauts [The Argonauts} "turns the personal public into a romantic,…
Slouching Towards Bethlehem A collection of essays by the inimitable Joan Didion.
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates is firing on all cylinders.
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic Essential reading for the modern music fan/human
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga On the road with HST.
The Essential Ellen Willis Learn from the master.
The Empathy Exams: Essays Powerful essays bolstered by excellent narrative reporting
After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction Bow before Renata Adler.
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story Raw, honest memoir meets serious reporting
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America Kiese Laymon's essays are important.
Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 Sontag renews my interest in journaling.
Ancillary Justice Avoid spoilers, just go read it.
How to Get Startup Ideas Live in the future, then build what's missing.
Marc Andreessen + scifi Marc's list of the best scifi novelists of the early 2000s
Old Man's War John Scalzi doing what he does best
Rainbows End Vernor Vinge lives in the future, again
True Names Vernor Vinge's ahead-of-his-time novella
Pandora's Star Book One of the Commonwealth Saga (warning: looooong)