Recs if you like Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World...

A collection of non-fiction books that touch upon the stories of the natural world, and all the people who live among it. (Or, as an astronomer once said: "I love stories, and the story of our universe is the grandest one we have") Always open to suggestions!

For all the multitaskers on here (including myself): books featured on 2+ quests! Go get those badges everyone

Books dedicated to exploring how nature is all around us no matter how we try to fight it! Whether right outside our door, within our microbiomes, or deeper into our cities, nature will find us. After all, we are a part of it, not distinct from it.

an invitation to pause, to breathe, to notice and adore the little things around you. (recs welcome and do not have to be nature-themed)

Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Nonfiction books about environmental ethics and philosophy, human/environment relations, cultural ways of knowing, and understanding wildlife. Essentially, books that will make you think about your role as a fellow creature of this earth🌱🐾🐚 (Check pinned comment for more recs!) [created Sep '25]

Well that was enlightening

Please feel free to comment suggestions!

Exploring the edgelands and (humanly) abandoned places where nature steps in, starts healing, and other lives take sanctuary.

I haven't read all of these, so this list is subject to change. Recommendations welcome.

a list of the books that are in 2 quests

Do you love the beautiful Pacific Northwest of North America? Enjoy this list of books about the plants, animals, geology, and Indigenous people of the area.

The Great Pacific North West! Some books to enjoy the nature of the PNW! Nonfiction & Fiction

for Caitlin 💜 to be further refined self-help, manifestos, memiors, and general learning forget podcasts and random background shows, it's time for audiobooks! (I haven't read most of these so, sorry if they're bad!!)

Be inspired to unfold yourself from your comfy nook in bed, open the front door, and breathe in nature that persists in our concrete cities. It’s nice to take a step back and appreciate the environment in our busy lives. Please, bookworms, touch some grass!