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Books like The Body: A Guide for Occupants

12 books with a reading profile close to The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

by Mary Roach

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, data driven

Mary Roach investigates the biological machinery of eating, starting at the mouth and ending at the rectum.
2

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

by Mary Roach

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, data driven

Mary Roach investigates the history and practice of laboratory research into human sexual physiology.
3

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

In 2009, Edwin Rist, a twenty-year-old flute student and competitive fly-tier, broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring.
4

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

by Michael Wolff

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Michael Wolff provides an account of the first nine months of the Trump administration, drawing on extensive access to the West Wing.
5

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

by Jason Schreier

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Jason Schreier investigates the volatile manufacturing process of modern video games, chronicling the chaotic development cycles of titles like Pillars of Eternity, Stardew Valley, and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
6

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, data driven

James Nestor investigates the biological decline of human breathing and its impact on modern health.
7

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Tom Standage organizes human civilization into six distinct eras defined by a dominant beverage: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
8

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Hampton Sides chronicles the 1945 raid on the Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp in the Philippines.
9

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

In the winter of 1820, a massive sperm whale repeatedly rammed and sank the whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
10

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Stephen E.
11

Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Erik Larson weaves together two seemingly unrelated narratives from the Edwardian era: the invention of long-distance wireless communication by Guglielmo Marconi and the pursuit of the mild-mannered murderer Hawley Harv…
12

The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

by Jonathan Harr

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible

Jonathan Harr chronicles the recovery of "The Taking of Christ," a Caravaggio masterpiece hidden in the dining room of a Jesuit residence in Dublin for decades.

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