New Scientist Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
Shilpa RavellaNew ScientistWith A Silent Fire, gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella offers a fascinating primer on the crucial role of inflammation in our bodies and the emerging links to diet and disease https://t.co/bDaBdcKuaI
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Actual Star
Monica ByrneNew ScientistMonica Byrne's second novel, The Actual Star, is a stone-cold masterpiece of imaginative world building, says @m_c_marshall https://t.co/mQpcX2eayk
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pod
Laline PaullNew ScientistWe've chosen the next book for the #NewScientistBookClub! Pod by Laline Paull, is the story of spinner dolphin Ea, who leaves her pod and ventures out into the polluted and dangerous ocean. Sign up if you haven't, and check out our extract from Pod. https://t.co/6T8B41jXsg
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1
Frank HerbertNew ScientistRT @NewScientistPod: The film adapation of Frank Herbert’s #Dune is as epic as the book. @rowhoop and planetary ecologist @ymalhi share th…
Hardcover, 2020
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Telluria
Vladimir SorokinNew ScientistVladimir Sorokin's dystopian fantasy Telluria is a wild read, mixing political satire with steampunk microstates and a must-have psychotropic drug based on tellurium, writes @BoydTonkin https://t.co/cM5uVLueJu
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts
Irving FinkelNew ScientistCuneiform was typically inscribed on cheap, readily available and durable material “It’s fortunate for us, because any tablet that was ever written survives, unless it was thrown in the river or smashed completely,” says Irving Finkel at @britishmuseum https://t.co/TKVCCVCBs8
Paperback, 2015
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
Tom MustillNew ScientistTom Mustill's How to Speak Whale and Karen Bakker's The Sounds of Life explore what we know about the way life on Earth communicates, from whales to coral reefs. They are both must-reads https://t.co/oeeUOlBuhX
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookPod
Laline PaullNew ScientistThe author of the Women’s prize-shortlisted Pod reveals why she decided to write a story that initially felt too daunting – now the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club. https://t.co/RG0694NL0u
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
Juan José MillásNew ScientistLife As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533972-300-life-as-told-by-a-sapiens-to-a-neanderthal-review-joyful-curiosity/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1659078491
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement C. MooreNew ScientistAs any young child knows, reindeer have a special superpower: they can fly. Or, at least, Rudolph and his eight sleigh-towing pals can Reindeer first took to the skies in 1823, when Clement Clarke Moore published Twas the Night Before Christmas
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book