Some authors aren't afraid to tackle the big questions about the seemingly narrowest of topics. When they keep asking "why" or "how", they can unveil a rich backstory to just about anything. Join them in their curiosity down these very specific rabbit holes.
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Little Blue Dot
How GPS Shaped the Modern World
The Future of Bananas
Pathless Forest
The Quest to Save the World's Largest Flowers
One Good Turn
A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
The Core of an Onion
Peeling the Rarest Common Food--Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes
Videotape
Edited by Ian Bogost and Christopher Schaberg
Partially Devoured
How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World
The Devil's Cloth
A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric
Translated by Jody Gladding
Light on Wood
Mass Timber Architecture
Metal Scrappers and Thieves
Scavenging for Survival and Profit (2017)
Gathering Moss
A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Slippery Beast
A True Crime Natural History, with Eels
The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
The Accidental Detectorist
Uncovering an Underground Obsession
Dinner with King Tut
How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Shade
The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
Lichenpedia
A Brief Compendium
Illustrated by Susan Adele Edwards
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True Color | The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--From Azure to Zinc Pink | Kory Stamper | 2026 | |
| 2 | Little Blue Dot | How GPS Shaped the Modern World | Katherine Dunn | 2026 | |
| 3 | The Future of Bananas | James Dale | 2026 | ||
| 4 | Pathless Forest | The Quest to Save the World's Largest Flowers | Chris Thorogood | 2025 | |
| 5 | One Good Turn | A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw | Witold Rybczynski | 2001 | |
| 6 | The Core of an Onion | Peeling the Rarest Common Food--Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes | Mark Kurlansky | 2025 | |
| 7 | Videotape | Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy | 2025 | ||
| 8 | Partially Devoured | How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World | Daniel Kraus | 2026 | |
| 9 | The Devil's Cloth | A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric | Michel Pastoureau | 2003 | |
| 10 | Light on Wood | Mass Timber Architecture | Susan H Jones | 2026 | |
| 11 | Metal Scrappers and Thieves | Scavenging for Survival and Profit (2017) | Benjamin F Stickle | 2017 | |
| 12 | Gathering Moss | A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses | Robin Wall Kimmerer | 2003 | |
| 13 | Slippery Beast | A True Crime Natural History, with Eels | Ellen Ruppel Shell | 2024 | |
| 14 | The Pencil | A History of Design and Circumstance | Henry Petroski | 1992 | |
| 15 | The Accidental Detectorist | Uncovering an Underground Obsession | Nigel Richardson | 2024 | |
| 16 | Dinner with King Tut | How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations | Sam Kean | 2025 | |
| 17 | Shade | The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource | Sam Bloch | 2025 | |
| 18 | Lichenpedia | A Brief Compendium | Kay Hurley | 2024 |