Recs if you like Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures...
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!
55
Teach me something new and oddly specific ๐ฌ
Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!
130
Listening Is Reading
When the narrator(s) makes the book even better. For new listeners and audiobook elites, here is a range of different genres and narrators that excel at audio perfection.
260
The history of *[niche subject]*
Do you want to be hot and smart but are tired of trying to find a nonfiction book that appeals to you? Why don't you try finding a fun subject and become the life of the party at your next gathering๐ everyone will stand up and give you a round of applause when you share these cool facts๐โโ๏ธ
57
microhistories: โhow do you even know that??โ
microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"
2
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
โtiny bookshopโ books ๐
books featured in the cozy video game โtiny bookshopโ
21
Get those hands dirty: archaeology, soil and earth
WHAT LIES BENEATH US LIES BEFORE US
Books about digging, the ground we walk on and the stories buried underneath our feet. From dinosaurs / paleontology, anthropology, ancient history, archaeology to the soil and geology and all its wonders. Non-fiction only
13
mushrooms, mycology, and fungi, oh my!
the title pretty much says it all, fic + nonfic featuring mushrooms and fungus!
16
Service95 Book Club โจ
Aka Dua Lipaโs reading list. Everyoneโs fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.
I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account ๐
1
รtzi, what are you doing here?
Nonfiction books that are definitely not about รtzi the Iceman, Europe's oldest known natural mummy, but which manage to find a relevant way to bring him up anyways.
Inspired by a weird little trend I've been noticing.
25
Ecology, Biology, Nature๐
Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our โplace in the family of thingsโ (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese). ๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ชธ๐ฆ๐ชท๐ชผ๐
2
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
33
WTF?! (What The nonFiction)
Nonfiction about strange, outlandish, and/or macabre subjects (books that make you more or less go โwtf?!โ)
6
eco-literature
includes contemporary fiction, scifi, horror, speculative fiction and nonfiction
5
human inquiry into nature
3
Itโs okay to judge a book by itโs cover!
Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift ๐
0
Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)
1
Feed the zombies: Anti-Brainrot Reads
Don't let the poor zombies starve, feed your brain, make it plump and ripe with knowledge and critical thinking skills. It might also be useful if the zombies never come, who knows. You better be ready.
2
Fungus Amungus
Books featuring spores, molds, and fungi. Suggestions welcome.
8
