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These books were featured in episodes of FiveThirtyEight's science podcast "Sparks", where writers read and discuss science books each month.

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1		The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr 3.99 avg rating — 2,696 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal 4.29 avg rating — 8,535 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis 3.99 avg rating — 65,360 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Hunt for Vulcan: ...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson 4.06 avg rating — 2,159 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome by Alondra Nelson (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution, and Chance by Kayt Sukel (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt 4.31 avg rating — 26,963 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense by Bob Holmes 3.97 avg rating — 716 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

8 books · 3 voters · list created May 5th, 2017 by Jason Park (votes) .

Tags: fivethirtyeight, podcasts, science

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