12 engrossing nonfiction books from 2016 that will expand your brain

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Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,906 ratings
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy 3.87 avg rating — 29,315 ratings
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The Geek Feminist Revolution
The Geek Feminist Revolution 3.86 avg rating — 4,236 ratings
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Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell 3.75 avg rating — 1,695 ratings
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by: Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,339 ratings
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The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan
The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan 3.76 avg rating — 95 ratings
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The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death 3.63 avg rating — 500 ratings
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams 4.37 avg rating — 215,811 ratings
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places 3.74 avg rating — 9,984 ratings
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Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry 4.11 avg rating — 1,537 ratings
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Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War
Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War 4.11 avg rating — 157 ratings
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The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy
The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy 4.06 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,027 ratings
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Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour 4.25 avg rating — 3,197 ratings