Journalist and former Salon.com columnist Mary Roach didn't leave readers and critics cold with her first book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. In fact, the comical-yet-scientific look at the ""life"" of the dead body throughout history earned her a spot in the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program.
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Releases 9/16/2025
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
$4.79 - $21.55
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
$4.29 - $39.29
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
$4.49 - $38.40
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
$6.79 - $35.99
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
$4.29 - $21.23
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
$4.59 - $20.92
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
$4.09 - $20.68
My Planet
$6.39 - $12.54
Packing for Mars for Kids
$5.59 - $15.40
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: The Best American Series
$4.69 - $19.92
Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck, Bum Deals, and Other Torments
$10.39 - $10.89
What to Eat with What You Read: A Guide for Book Clubs and Other Literary Gatherings
$17.39
