Recs if you like H Is for Hawk...
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
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Birds! A Brennan Lee Mulligan Thirst Trap
Birds are amazing! You know who loves birds and facts about birds? Brennan Lee Mulligan. You know who loves Brennan Lee Mulligan? Me! I mean... Everybody! Is this my attempt at luring Brennan Lee Mulligan to Pagebound? Maybe. Can we all learn some cool bird facts along the way? DEFINITELY!
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All that's left is bones: Books about π―ππππ β οΈ
Books about death, dying, grief and what remains.
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A Literary Journey Through Grief
Grief as one of the main topics
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watching birds
books with birds as main characters, books about the habits of birds and books on birding
fiction and non fiction
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Grief is The Thing
Books where grief is personified, given a body, a voice, or a shape, to explore how loss lives alongside us.
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Animal Nonfiction πΎ
Nonfiction books to understand our fellow animals and, through them, ourselves
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The Ecologistβs Essentials
A list of books essential to understanding and appreciating the natural world. Donβt forget to bask in the sunshine like an ectotherm βοΈ you deserve it!
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NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)
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Welcome to My Menagerie
Collecting animals by reading books about them.
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More than man's best friend
Non-fiction books about personal experiences and connections made with wild animals. These books were chosen based on the relationship between author and animal, mostly from rehabilitation perspectives or what we can learn from them, and not to encourage captivity or harm conservation efforts.
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I Like Birds
Birding is increasing in popularity, and we should do our best to learn about our feathered friends to care for the Earth
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NYTβs The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book loversβwith a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review
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100 Best of the 21st Century
according to the New York Times
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Eco-philosophyπͺ·
Ecological philosophy for when life falls apart.
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Why are they doing this, the birds?
Birds on the cover. Why do they all creep me out so much? Extra points if theyβre weird/creepy.
Please feel free to add your suggestions/recommendations!
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100 Books of Summer
A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.
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Mourning Doves (and other sad birds)
it turns out LOTS of writers are thinking about birds as metaphors for grief
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New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century
The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times
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On grief, grieving, and loss
Ongoing. Fiction and non-fiction exploration of grief: anticipatory, grieving death of a loved one (including pets), loosing pregnancy, etc, and how to live with it.
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