“Land of Big Numbers” is a 10-part short story series — set in and out of China — about the diverse lives of a set of Chinese people. The collection is the debut series of Wall Street Journal reporter
Te-Ping Chen, who was formerly a correspondent in Beijing.
“Empire Of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe
The New York Times bestseller details the lives of three generations of the Sackler family, the American family whose members founded pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma.
“Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir
“Project Hail Mary” takes readers along the survival mission of a biologist turned middle school science teacher who — from a ship in outer space — is tasked with saving Earth from destruction. The science fiction novel is the latest from Weir, who also wrote “The Martian.”
“When We Cease to Understand the World” by Benjamín Labatut
The fictional tale “
When We Cease To Understand The World” tells stories of scientists and mathematicians throughout history — such as Albert Einstein, Fritz Haber and Alexander Grothendieck — who shaped the world through their findings.
“Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future” by Elizabeth Kolbert
In “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kolbert examines the way humankind has impacted Earth and raises questions about how and if nature can be saved.
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