The Book Prize Index

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach

The irresistible, ever-curious, and always bestselling Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm that people carry around inside.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Language Arts & Disciplines -> Arts & CriticismAward Category: Royal Society Science Book Prize -> ScienceScience & Discovery

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2014ShortlistSecondary source
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2014LonglistOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • the Alimentary Canal45%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 46%.