Start the Week
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Start the Week podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Forgotten Sense
The New Science of Smell
Jonas Olofsson
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Quantum 2.0
The Past, Present and Future of Quantum Physics
Paul Davies
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Science of Racism
Keon West
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Material Advantage
Bernie Balkin
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The eerie silence
renewing our search for alien intelligence
Paul Davies
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Penguin Book of Penguins
An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird
Peter Fretwell
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Golden Fish
Gamaliel Churata
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Death in a Shallow Pond
a philosopher, a drowning child, and strangers in need
David Edmonds
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Summer of Fire and Blood
Lyndal Roper
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Spare
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
J. R. Moehringer
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tigers Between Empires
Jonathan Slaght
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Discarded
Sarah Gabbott
Jan Zalasiewicz
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Down Girl
The Logic of Misogyny
Kate Mann
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
One Aladdin, Two Lamps
Jeanette Winterson
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A History of the World in 50 Pieces
Tom Service
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On The Beach
Nevil Shute
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Arabian Nights
One Thousand and One Nights
Unknown/Anonymous
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The astonishing hypothesis
Francis Crick
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
