Definitely needs a ticky-box poll, and not just because ticky boxes are inherently cool. Because archaeology! And meta! but FIC!! And Dust, but Be Like Water! And Human Voices! (and also how is Old Timber? I'm looking forward to that one)

I put nonfic for the last one, though stuffed animals would also be cool. I was very interested in the Salt book you talked about, and I'd love to read some recs of good military stuff; most of what I've come across other than some recent bios is dense, dense, dense, dense, dense like you need a degree in mil sci before you can understand it. But I confess I give up in frustration quickly when searching.