Recs if you like Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World...
All things wild and wonderful
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!
52
Quest busters pt. 1
For all the multitaskers on here (including myself): books featured on 2+ quests! Go get those badges everyone
18
Part Of, Not Distinct From
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.
20
slow down and notice, dear friend
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)
13
One Book Many Quests
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?
8
human inquiry into nature
3
HRCYED 3.0 x Pagebound Quests (Covers Edition)
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.
4
Earth, Ethics, Environment
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]
2
New Perspectives
Well that was enlightening
Please feel free to comment suggestions!
3
Life in the Liminal
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.
3
The Glorious PNW
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.
7
Evergreen
The Great Pacific North West! Some books to enjoy the nature of the PNW! Nonfiction & Fiction
1
