If you loved
Books like Gulp
An unforgettable, taboo-breaking tour through the surreal and fascinating mechanics of the human digestive system. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Gulp.
- surreal
- fascinating
- unflinching
- eye-opening
- 01
Gut
Giulia Enders
A delightfully quirky and surprisingly affectionate tour through the body's most underappreciated and misunderstood organ system.
- 02
Packing for Mars
Mary Roach
A hilariously grounded look at the deeply unglamorous, bodily realities of sending fragile humans into the void.
- 03
Grunt
Mary Roach
A witty, eye-opening exploration of the messy, unglamorous science of keeping human beings alive in the most extreme conditions imaginable.
- 04
The Body
Bill Bryson
A witty, awe-inspiring guided tour through the miraculous, squishy, and often bizarre machinery of your own existence.
- 05
I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong
A joyous, mind-bending plunge into the invisible ecosystems that secretly run our bodies and our world.
- 06
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
A joyful, mind-expanding journey through deep time that reveals the ancient menagerie hiding within our own anatomy.
- 07
Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik
A joyful, eye-opening tour through the hidden miracles of the everyday objects we touch, use, and ignore.
- 08
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty
A delightfully macabre and surprisingly cheerful exploration of the messy, fascinating realities of what happens to our bodies after we die.
- 09
Drop dead healthy
Jacobs, A. J.
A hilarious, immersive dive into the exhausting and contradictory world of modern wellness.
- 10
How not to die
Jan Garavaglia · 2008
A morbidly fascinating, tough-love guide to staying alive, delivered straight from the autopsy table.
- 11
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
Joanna Cole
A chaotic, hands-on plunge into the messy, fascinating mechanics of human biology.
- 12
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A delightfully witty, bite-sized tour of the cosmos that makes the mind-boggling scale of science feel like a fun conversation with a very smart friend.
