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Books like Lifespan
A visionary and scientifically grounded exploration that reframes the inevitability of aging into a solvable biological puzzle. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Lifespan.
- hopeful
- intellectually stimulating
- forward-looking
- 01
Remember
Lisa Genova
A comforting, conversational guide that transforms the terrifying prospect of forgetting into a fascinating exploration of how our minds actually work.
- 02
Who we are and how we got here
David Reich (Of Harvard Medical School)
A sweeping, science-driven journey through deep time that rewrites the story of human ancestry and interconnectedness.
- 03
The Body
Bill Bryson
A witty, awe-inspiring guided tour through the miraculous, squishy, and often bizarre machinery of your own existence.
- 04
The tangled tree
David Quammen
A mind-expanding journey into the messy, interconnected web of life that rewrites everything you thought you knew about evolution.
- 05
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
A fascinating, slightly terrifying wake-up call about the biological superpower we take for granted every single night.
- 06
The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson
A thrilling, accessible journey into the microscopic frontier that will leave you marveling at the building blocks of life and wrestling with the power to rewrite them.
- 07
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.
- 08
How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
A bracing, data-drenched cold plunge into the physical realities and hidden infrastructures that keep modern civilization running.
- 09
I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong
A joyous, mind-bending plunge into the invisible ecosystems that secretly run our bodies and our world.
- 10
The Song of the Cell
Siddhartha Mukherjee
A lyrical, awe-inspiring journey into the microscopic universes that build, sustain, and sometimes betray the human body.
- 11
Origin
Jennifer Raff
An expansive, scientifically grounded exploration of the deep ancestral history and genetic legacy of the Americas.
- 12
Willpower
Roy F. Baumeister
A fascinating, science-backed exploration of why we give in to temptation and how we can train our minds to resist it.
