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Juicy Reads (Fruit-Centered Books)

Non-fiction books that explore the juiciest parts of the earth...FRUIT! As always, leave your recommendations below :)

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes)

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Niche microhistories

Small topics that pack a punch

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Silk: A World History

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Silk: A World History

Micro Histories

Super specific history of unexpected things

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Salt: A World History

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Salt: A World History

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