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| Tuesday, May 3, 2016
| Tuesday, October 18, 2016
| [https://www.amazon.com/Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Athletic-Performance/dp/161723012X The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance]
| Lacra and Anton
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| Tuesday, September 13, 2016
| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385333498 The Sirens of Titan]
| Lacra and Anton
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| Tuesday, August 2, 2016
| [https://www.amazon.com/Poorly-Made-China-Insiders-Production/dp/0470928077 Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game]
| Lacra and Anton
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| Tuesday, June 28, 2016
| Three Worlds Collide [http://lesswrong.com/lw/y4/three_worlds_collide_08/ pdf] [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15744759-three-worlds-collide GoodReads]
The Death of Ivan Ilyich [https://www.amazon.com/Death-Ilyich-Stories-Vintage-Classics-ebook/dp/B002VD6NJQ Amazon], there are [https://www.google.com/search?q=the+death+of+ivan+ilyich+pdf&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 free pdfs] for various translations online
| Lacra and Anton
 
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| Tuesday, May 24, 2016
| [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Words-What-Animals-Think/dp/0805098887 Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel]
| [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Words-What-Animals-Think/dp/0805098887 Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel]
| Lacra and Anton
| Lacra and Anton
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Runners up:
Runners up:
* [https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Days-Anaesthesia-anaesthetics-changed/dp/0192805894 Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How anaesthetics changed the world]
* [https://www.amazon.com/History-World-6-Glasses/dp/0802715524 A History of the World in 6 Glasses]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Trumpet-Leonora-Carrington/dp/1878972197 The Hearing Trumpet]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Night-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/0385334141 Mother Night]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JFJHP2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Human Stain]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JFJHP2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Human Stain]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian-Evening-Redness-West/dp/0679728759 Blood Meridian]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian-Evening-Redness-West/dp/0679728759 Blood Meridian]
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Other proposed books:
Other proposed books:
* [http://www.amazon.com/Neverwhere-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380789019 Neverwhere]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Ian-McEwan/dp/1400076196 Saturday]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AU7MJU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Magicians]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AU7MJU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Magicians]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00280LYIC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Lightning Thief]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00280LYIC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Lightning Thief]

Latest revision as of 07:03, 17 September 2016

Scheduled books:

Date Book Host
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 The Sirens of Titan Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Three Worlds Collide pdf GoodReads

The Death of Ivan Ilyich Amazon, there are free pdfs for various translations online

Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Ready Player One Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 The Diamond Age Lacra and Anton
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 The Martian Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Thinking, Fast and Slow Cancelled - Manu was born!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 The Foreigner Klara/Lacra
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Lean In John
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Catch Me If You Can Lauren and Marc
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York Lauren and Marc
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 Atonement: A Novel Lacra
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Lacra
Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 The Windup Girl Sandy
Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Lacra
Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel John
Monday, August 6, 2012 Imagine: How Creativity Works Lauren and Marc
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 None Lacra


Runners up:



Other proposed books:

Other books that haven't been proposed, but one day might be: