Books like Uncanny Valley
12 books with a reading profile close to Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
What Happened
analytical, memoir
In this memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton provides a forensic account of the 2016 United States presidential election.
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3
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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4
Complications
by Atul Gawande
analytical, memoir
Atul Gawande presents medicine as an imprecise craft defined by uncertainty and human fallibility.
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5
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
analytical, memoir
In this narrative nonfiction work, Clint Smith travels to nine distinct locations to examine how each site remembers or distorts its connection to the transatlantic slave trade.
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
analytical, memoir
James Comey uses his career in the Department of Justice and the FBI to analyze the friction between institutional integrity and political pressure.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
analytical, memoir
Sarah Wynn-Williams analyzes the rapid expansion and eventual ethical deterioration of high-growth technology firms during the early 2020s.
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8
Girl in a Band
by Kim Gordon
memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Kim Gordon traces her trajectory from a visual arts upbringing in Los Angeles to the center of the New York City post-punk scene.
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9
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by Jon Krakauer
memoir, narrative
In this collection of non-fiction reports, Jon Krakauer chronicles the high-risk pursuits of ice climbers and mountaineers.
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10
Cash
by Johnny Cash
memoir, narrative
Johnny Cash details his life from his childhood in the Arkansas cotton fields to his decades as a country music icon.
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
analytical, memoir
Barack Obama outlines his political philosophy by examining the structural gridlock within the United States government.
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12
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
by Eve Babitz
memoir, narrative
Eve Babitz presents ten interconnected narratives that document the sensory landscape of Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s.
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