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Books like The Body
A witty, awe-inspiring guided tour through the miraculous, squishy, and often bizarre machinery of your own existence. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Body.
- curious
- wondrous
- intellectually stimulating
- cozy
- 01
I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong
A joyous, mind-bending plunge into the invisible ecosystems that secretly run our bodies and our world.
- 02
Gulp
Mary Roach
An unforgettable, taboo-breaking tour through the surreal and fascinating mechanics of the human digestive system.
- 03
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.
- 04
Lifespan
Matthew D. LaPlante
A visionary and scientifically grounded exploration that reframes the inevitability of aging into a solvable biological puzzle.
- 05
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
A joyful, mind-expanding journey through deep time that reveals the ancient menagerie hiding within our own anatomy.
- 06
Immune
Philipp Dettmer
An epic, microscopic battlefield narrative that transforms the daunting science of the human body into a thrilling and accessible adventure.
- 07
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson
A laugh-out-loud, sunlit stroll through the absurdities and wonders of a mid-century American childhood.
- 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
Gut
Giulia Enders
A delightfully quirky and surprisingly affectionate tour through the body's most underappreciated and misunderstood organ system.
- 10
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.
- 11
How To
Randall Munroe
A delightfully overcomplicated manual that uses extreme, apocalyptic physics to solve the most mundane of daily problems.
- 12
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
A fascinating, slightly terrifying wake-up call about the biological superpower we take for granted every single night.
