Thread by @chelseawald

WORLD #TOILET DAY READING THREAD: It’s the day you’re all waiting for, and it can’t come fast enough, right? #WorldToiletDay.

November 19th is the day we get to celebrate #sanitation and think about how to make it better for everyone and for the planet.

I’m going to tweet out a mix of great books--one per day--with a link to buy them at Bookshop.org. Spoiler alert: On the last day, I’ll tell you about the book I’ve written, which is coming out in April from @AvidReaderPress.

I’ll also add your #worldtoiletday book recommendations if you tweet them at me with a brief note about why you suggest them.

(Disclosure: Bookshop.org supports local bookstores, and I’m an affiliate, so I get a tiny commission if you click through.)

So, with no further adoo-doo, let’s start easy, because the past few days have been A LOT.

EVERYONE POOPS by Taro Gomi. bookshop.org/a/15544/978179…

I adore its idiosyncratic humor (a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop) and clever illustrations (a potty in the shape of a duck).

Most importantly, as a global phenomenon, EVERYONE POOPS has helped take the shame out of pooping. #worldtoiletday

What #toilet books does your family love to read?

Apropos of nothing going on right now, of course...have you ever craved the satisfaction of pooping on a bully’s head? While this book isn’t technically about toilets, I second this cheeky recommendation from @PH2E_UVic for our #WorldToiletDay reading countdown. Thanks, Caetano.

https://twitter.com/PH2E_UVic/status/1324377254860779520

And here’s the bookshop link (slightly different title in this version!): bookshop.org/a/15544/978081…

Next, if you feel like it might just be time to disappear underground for a while, page through Stephen Halliday’s richly illustrated history of sewers. The New York Times calls it “absorbing.” bookshop.org/a/15544/978026… #WorldToiletDay

Oh my! Feeling a bit tingly in my belly right now. That’s why today’s #WorldToiletDay reading suggestion is the surprise bestseller GUT by German physician-scientist @giulia_enders.

bookshop.org/a/15544/978177…

What books about our amazing digestive systems do you recommend?

A gourmet selection, Lena. Thanks.

GULP by the great Mary Roach:

bookshop.org/a/15544/978039…

https://twitter.com/lenatrotochaud/status/1325142165274681347

Today I’m thinking about great moments in history. And maps. So today’s entry in our #WorldToiletDay reading countdown is THE GHOST MAP by Steven Johnson, about brilliant cholera detective John Snow.

bookshop.org/a/15544/978159…

What’s your fave book about the history of sanitation?