Books like Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
12 books with a reading profile close to Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
history, analytical
Dave Cullen reconstructs the 1999 high school massacre by synthesizing police records, journals, and survivors' accounts.
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2
Unwell Women
history, analytical
Elinor Cleghorn traces the evolution of medical misogyny from the ancient Greek concept of the wandering womb to the modern mismanagement of autoimmune diseases and chronic pain.
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3
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
history, analytical
Barbara Demick tracks the lives of six North Korean defectors originating from the industrial city of Chongjin, covering a fifteen-year period that includes the 1990s famine.
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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
analytical, narrative
Michael Pollan chronicles the resurgence of clinical research into lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin, tracing their transition from fifties psychiatric tools to prohibited counterculture symbols.
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
analytical, narrative
Malcolm Gladwell examines the recurring failures that occur when we attempt to decipher the intentions of people we do not know.
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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
history, analytical
Sylvia Nasar details the life of John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose work on game theory redefined modern economics.
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
history, narrative
Sebastian Junger examines the psychological rift between modern individualistic society and the ancestral need for communal identity.
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson
analytical, narrative
Jon Ronson begins his investigation with a mysterious puzzle sent to academics, which leads him to the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, a twenty-point diagnostic tool used by clinicians and parole boards.
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9
In Cold Blood
history, analytical
In 1959, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith entered the Clutter family home in Holcomb, Kansas, and murdered four people.
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10
At Night All Blood is Black
by David Diop
history, narrative
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese Tirailleur fighting for France in the trenches of World War I.
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11
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
analytical, narrative
Michael Lewis chronicles the intellectual partnership between Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.
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12
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by Jon Krakauer
history, analytical
Jon Krakauer documents several sexual assault cases occurring between 2010 and 2012 in Missoula, Montana, focusing on the experiences of female students at the University of Montana.
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