- Reading Challenge Pick
Nonfiction
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
Black holes, the Big Bang and the shape of time, explained for readers without equations.
Nonfiction
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
- Editor's Pick
The woman whose cells were taken without consent, and the family who learned about it decades later.
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Audience
- Adult
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- Science
- Ethics
- Reporting
About the book
Skloot braids the science of HeLa cells with the Lacks family's story, and with a reporter's account of earning their trust.
Why we recommend it
Science writing with a conscience, and one of the best book club books in print.
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