A New York Times science bestseller from "America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ), this "quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession" ( Wall Street Journal ). With a New Epilogue by the Author."Delightful—though never disrespectful" ( Time Out New York), science ...

In this New York Times Bestseller, the author of Stiff "takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour . . . into human sexual life and practice, ranging from laboratories to brothels" ( Chicago Tribune)."Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh‑out‑loud humor and illuminating fact. Compulsively readable." — Los Angeles Times

New York Times Bestseller—A scientific adventure through our digestive tract, from the author of Stiff and Packing for Mars ."Her funniest and most sparkling book" (Janet Maslin, New York Times ).In Gulp we meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks—or has the courage—to ask. Why is crunchy food so app...

**An Instant New York Times BestsellerA BEST BOOK OF 2025: TIME • SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN • SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE • KIRKUS • SHELF AWARENESS • CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYA Goodreads Choice Awards NomineeFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy.**The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for ...

A New York Times Bestseller and Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year —"America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ) explores "the nitty-gritty details of life in space that filmmakers and historians tend to gloss over." — Boston GlobeThe bestselling author of Stiff and Bonk

What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly

Join "America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ) on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.An Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 Los Angeles Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWhat's to be done abo...

A New York Times Bestseller about the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and un-infested in the extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries—panic, exhaustion, heat, noise—and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them.Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as pa...

“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) asks the questions children ask in this young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars.What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don’t shower? Can farts really be deadly in space?Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny,...

The Animal Intelligence Bundle: "Minds of Their Own" by Virginia Morell (March 2008) "Almost Human" by Mary Roach (April 2008) "The Genius of Swarms" by Peter Miller (July 2007) In "Minds of Their Own," Virginia Morell provides an overview of the science of animal intelligence. She introduces you to an African gray parrot named Alex, a bonobo named Kanzi, and a border collie named Betsy. Each of these animals tells us something interesting about the way they perceive and manipulate their w...

Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, and reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in their skin. Best of all, each tattoo provides a leaping-off point for bestselling essayist and ...

The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey’s attic.Mary Roach, “The funniest science writer in the country” (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker), devoted the past two years to ...