Books like Complications
12 books with a reading profile close to Complications by Atul Gawande. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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1
Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
analytical, memoir
Richard Shepherd details a career spent performing over 23,000 autopsies to determine the bridge between life and death.
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2
This Is Your Mind on Plants
analytical, narrative
Michael Pollan examines the human relationship with three distinct plant-derived psychoactive substances: opium, caffeine, and mescaline.
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3
JUNGLEKEEPER
by Paul Rosolie
memoir, narrative
Paul Rosolie recounts his experiences living within the deep Amazon basin, focusing on the immediate realities of rainforest conservation.
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4
Permanent Record
memoir, narrative
Edward Snowden details his transition from a committed CIA and NSA technologist to a whistleblower who exposed the United States government’s system of mass digital surveillance.
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5
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl
memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Ruth Reichl details her tenure as the restaurant critic for the New York Times, where she utilized elaborate costumes and personas to avoid detection by staff.
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6
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
analytical, memoir
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio rejects the common immigrant narrative that prioritizes the stories of high-achieving "Dreamers." Instead, she profiles day laborers in Queens, delivery drivers in ground zero’s wake, and eld…
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7
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a minimum-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, following a decade-old conviction for drug money laundering.
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Deborah Rodriguez, an American hairdresser from Michigan, traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as part of a humanitarian aid mission following the fall of the Taliban.
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9
LONDON FALLING
analytical, narrative
Patrick Radden Keefe reconstructs the investigation into the unexplained death of a nineteen-year-old Londoner whose public identity masked a complex private existence.
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10
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by Judy Melinek
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Dr.
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11
Uncanny Valley
by Anna Wiener
analytical, memoir
Anna Wiener documents her transition from New York’s traditional publishing industry to the high-growth ecosystem of San Francisco’s tech start-ups.
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12
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Caitlin Doughty recounts her entry into the funeral industry, specifically her time spent operating the retorts at West Laurel Cemetery in Oakland.
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