Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Life Removed | 2004 | Rose George | Buy |
| 2 | The Big Necessity | 2008 | Rose George | Buy |
| 3 | Ninety Percent of Everything / Deep Sea & Foreign Going | 2013 | Rose George | Buy |
| 4 | Nine Pints | 2018 | Rose George | Buy |
Rose George’s four non-fiction books each take a different essential subject and examine it in depth. A Life Removed (2004) was her first, followed by The Big Necessity (2008), which brought worldwide sanitation issues to a general audience.
Ninety Percent of Everything (2013) went aboard container ships to investigate the hidden industry that moves global trade, while Nine Pints (2018) explored the science, commerce, and cultural history of blood. Each book reflects George’s approach of embedding herself in her subject and reporting from places most writers never visit.