If you loved
Books like Gut
A delightfully quirky and surprisingly affectionate tour through the body's most underappreciated and misunderstood organ system. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Gut.
- curious
- lighthearted
- illuminating
- playful
- 01
Gulp
Mary Roach
An unforgettable, taboo-breaking tour through the surreal and fascinating mechanics of the human digestive system.
- 02
I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong
A joyous, mind-bending plunge into the invisible ecosystems that secretly run our bodies and our world.
- 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
Breath
James Nestor
A fascinating, paradigm-shifting exploration of the most basic human function that will literally change the way you sit and breathe while reading it.
- 05
The Body
Bill Bryson
A witty, awe-inspiring guided tour through the miraculous, squishy, and often bizarre machinery of your own existence.
- 06
Fiber Fueled
Will Bulsiewicz
An energetic, science-backed roadmap to revitalizing your health from the inside out through the power of plants.
- 07
Guts
Raina Telgemeier
A warm, deeply relatable exploration of how our minds and bodies react to the overwhelming pressures of growing up.
- 08
How Not to Die
Michael Greger and Gene Stone
An empowering, science-backed roadmap to reclaiming your health and outsmarting chronic disease through the power of your plate.
- 09
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan · 2008
A clarifying, deeply sensible manifesto that cuts through dietary noise to restore the simple joy of eating real food.
- 10
Good to Go
Christie Aschwanden
An inquisitive and accessible exploration of the physiological realities of athletic recovery and the mind-body connection.
- 11
Burnout
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
A deeply validating, science-backed permission slip to stop trying to do it all and finally complete the stress cycle.
- 12
What doesn't kill us
Scott Carney
An invigorating exploration of how pushing our physical limits can unlock the hidden resilience of our evolutionary past.
