Recs if you like Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind...

“We have no clear definition of consciousness—even though it must be the most important element of our own experience on the planet.

Why do we fear so much in the other this thing we so little understand in ourselves?”

books that explore and grapple with the nature of human and non-human consciousness (animal, machine, or otherwise alien).

mostly science non-fiction, speculative fiction and literary fiction.

recs very much welcome :)

just ocean nonfiction except I very clearly have an intense interest in sharks (I contain multitudes)

Nature, wildlife, outdoors and countryside books. Read at your leisure. Mostly non-fiction with a few fiction.