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Obscure Nonfiction

Some slightly obscure nonfiction reads! Older feminism and cultural histories with a sprinkle of biology and history. All of these are fascinating, I hope you check some out!
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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Eyal Press)
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
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Eyal Press
The Best Catholics in the World (Derek Scalky)
The Best Catholics in the World
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Derek Scalky
Death in Yellowstone (Lee H. Whittlesey)
Death in Yellowstone
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Lee H. Whittlesey
Ghosts of the Tsunami (Richard Lloyd Parry)
Ghosts of the Tsunami
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Richard Lloyd Parry
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People (Frances Ryan)
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People
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Frances Ryan
We Need Snowflakes (Hannah Jewell)
We Need Snowflakes
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Hannah Jewell
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Backlash (Susan Faludi)
Backlash
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Susan Faludi
Heartsick (Jessie Stephens)
Heartsick
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Jessie Stephens
The Butchering Art (Lindsey Fitzharris)
The Butchering Art
10
Lindsey Fitzharris
Cultish (Amanda Montell)
Cultish
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Amanda Montell
Jane: A Murder (Maggie Nelson)
Jane: A Murder
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Maggie Nelson
The Crying Book (Heather Christle)
The Crying Book
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Heather Christle
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain)
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me (Steven Hyden)
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me
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Steven Hyden
Gulp (Mary Roach)
Gulp
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Mary Roach
Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)
Easy Beauty
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Chloe Cooper Jones
Take Six Girls (Laura Thompson)
Take Six Girls
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Laura Thompson
A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy (Carol Ann Lee)
A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy
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Carol Ann Lee
Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us (Jesse Bering)
Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us
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Jesse Bering
This House of Grief (Helen Garner)
This House of Grief
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Helen Garner
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
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Robert Kolker
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy (Talia Lavin)
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
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Talia Lavin
Trainwreck (Sady Doyle)
Trainwreck
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Sady Doyle
They Can't Kill Us All (Wesley Lowery)
They Can't Kill Us All
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Wesley Lowery
The Big Necessity (Rose George)
The Big Necessity
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Rose George
Pandora's Jar (Natalie Haynes)
Pandora's Jar
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Natalie Haynes
The Witches: Salem, 1692 (Stacy Schiff)
The Witches: Salem, 1692
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Stacy Schiff
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (Daniel James Brown)
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
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Daniel James Brown
Parallel Lives (Phyllis Rose)
Parallel Lives
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Phyllis Rose
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book
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Susan Orlean
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
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Andrew Solomon
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
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Mary Roach
The Wonders (John Woolf)
The Wonders
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John Woolf
A Curious History of Sex (Kate Lister)
A Curious History of Sex
35
Kate Lister
Dead Girls (Alice Bolin)
Dead Girls
36
Alice Bolin
As Nature Made Him (John Colapinto)
As Nature Made Him
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John Colapinto
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (Owen Jones)
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
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Owen Jones
Eve Was Framed (Helena Kennedy)
Eve Was Framed
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Helena Kennedy
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
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Susan Cain
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