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50 Must-Read Books on Nature and Science

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The Humane Gardener (Nancy Lawson)
The Humane Gardener
1
Nancy Lawson
The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan)
The Botany of Desire
2
Michael Pollan
The Drunken Botanist (Amy Stewart)
The Drunken Botanist
3
Amy Stewart
Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben)
Hidden Life of Trees
4
Wohlleben
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers (Amy Stewart)
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
5
Amy Stewart
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature (Richard Mabey)
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
6
Richard Mabey
The Triumph of Seeds (Thor Hanson)
The Triumph of Seeds
7
Thor Hanson
Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
8
Kimmerer
Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds (Julie Zickefoose)
Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds
9
Julie Zickefoose
Small Wonder (Barbara Kingsolver)
Small Wonder
10
Barbara Kingsolver
The Meaning of Birds (Simon Barnes)
The Meaning of Birds
11
Simon Barnes
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World (Jon Young)
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
12
Jon Young
The Feather Thief (Kirk W. Johnson)
The Feather Thief
13
Kirk W. Johnson
The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
The Genius of Birds
14
Jennifer Ackerman
The Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life (Richard Louv)
The Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life
15
Richard Louv
The Nature Fix (Florence Williams)
The Nature Fix
16
Florence Williams
Gathering Moss (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Gathering Moss
17
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness (Qing Li)
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
18
Qing Li
The Biophilia Effect (Clemens G. Arvay)
The Biophilia Effect
19
Clemens G. Arvay
How Animals Grieve (Barbara J. King)
How Animals Grieve
20
Barbara J. King
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
21
Yuval Noah Harari
Inside Animal Hearts and Minds (Belinda Recio)
Inside Animal Hearts and Minds
22
Belinda Recio
The Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery)
The Soul of an Octopus
23
Sy Montgomery
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (Temple Grandin)
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
24
Temple Grandin
Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs (Phil Manning)
Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs
25
Phil Manning
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
26
Andrea Wulf
Remarkable Creatures (Tracy Chevalier)
Remarkable Creatures
27
Tracy Chevalier
The Fossil Hunter (Shelley Emling)
The Fossil Hunter
28
Shelley Emling
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Dava Sobel)
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
29
Dava Sobel
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
30
Dava Sobel
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd (Mary Losure)
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
31
Mary Losure
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire, and the Birth of an Obsession (Andrea Wulf)
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire, and the Birth of an Obsession
32
Andrea Wulf
The Alchemy of Air (Thomas Hager)
The Alchemy of Air
33
Thomas Hager
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
34
Sam Kean
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos (Seth Lloyd)
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
35
Seth Lloyd
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray (Sabine Hossenfelder)
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
36
Sabine Hossenfelder
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs (Lisa Randall)
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
37
Lisa Randall
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom (Sean B. Carroll, Jamie W. Carroll)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
38
Sean B. Carroll, Jamie W. Carroll
A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction (Michael J. Ryan)
A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction
39
Michael J. Ryan
Darwin Comes to Town (Menno Schilthuizen)
Darwin Comes to Town
40
Menno Schilthuizen
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