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.
Replaceable You
Releases 9/1/2026
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
$4.59 - $26.49
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
$4.79 - $39.70
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
$6.19 - $37.67
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
$6.39 - $38.00
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
$5.09 - $21.44
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
$5.09 - $40.49
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
$4.59 - $20.88
Replaceable You
$19.69 - $21.52
My Planet
$9.49 - $13.34
Packing for Mars for Kids
$5.19 - $14.26
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: The Best American Series
$4.89 - $19.73
Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck, Bum Deals, and Other Torments
$18.59 - $21.29
What to Eat with What You Read: A Guide for Book Clubs and Other Literary Gatherings
$9.79
