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24 alternatives to Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

A funny but fascinating look at corpses

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Stiff▲62

   The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Stiff▲61

   Cadaver research and other fun with dead bodies

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Drawing On Our History▲60

   An anatomical view of the world I was born into.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bone Rooms▲73

   From scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Workers▲65

   Archaeology of the Industrial Age

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lore - 19: Bite marks▲60

   Lore explores the history of scary stories

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities ▲73

    Curated selection of the best tools available

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Do No Harm▲55

    Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy▲62

    Interviews with the world's best comedians

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gutshot: Stories▲128

    Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

    A digest of four books about brains

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Understanding Comics▲79

    The invisible art of comic books

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Design for Humanity▲74

    The past, present, and future of anthropomorphic design

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Textual Poachers▲61

    A canonical text of media studies

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Being Mortal▲56

    Medicine and What Matters in the End

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Deep Survival▲62

    Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival

    2015 · its alternatives →

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