Joanne Manaster Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Joanne Manaster on XRead Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. Find me on other social media by this same handle.

The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
Mary-Frances O'ConnorThe Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by @doctormfo came out this week in the US. https://t.co/2dRFfdxODa https://t.co/rQ3ttYLKzr
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of Dna's Double Helix
Howard Markel@gsciencelady @EndOfThePier Also on my end of year list is The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix by Howard Markel https://t.co/AXfcdsHOR0
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer@jaimealyse @HopeJahren @KieseLaymon @LeMoustier Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Born A Crime by Trevor Noah.
Paperback, 2015
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils
Dean R. LomaxJust a couple of popsci books newly released today. First up is the US release of @Dean_R_Lomax's book Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils https://t.co/57QNTqS6in https://t.co/2EtCRA2ROK
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
David R. MontgomeryAnother book out this week: What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by David Montgomery and Ann Bilke https://t.co/JoSK3MSHaD https://t.co/yeCuP88Pij
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang
Harry Cliff@KirkusReviews @stephstem @cynthiabarnett 3. How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for our Universe—From the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang by @harryvcliff 4. Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness by Charles Foster 3/n
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
Suzie SheehyOn shelves as of Tuesday is this one by Prof. @suziesheehy is The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World. https://t.co/jik9QsYzzo https://t.co/MDUyCxTDv1
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Joseph L. GravesLet's take a quick look at this week's #popsci 📚 releases! 🧵 The hardback of Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions came out Dec '21, and the paperback is due in Jan '23, but the audiobook arrived this week, so why not share now? by @gravesjl55 @AHGoodman18 https://t.co/Btfh1Dxv0d
Paperback, 2023
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed YongAs with many others, I found myself entranced by @edyong209's latest, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us https://t.co/VXvUvw4kHT
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs
Juli BerwaldA new book by @juliberwald is available this week! (Loved her book about jellyfish, Spineless!) Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs https://t.co/bH4VH8wZJG https://t.co/Yuv1ayw9sL
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book