Recs if you like The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History...

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!

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

“Leave no trace” wasn’t meant to be a suggestion. Nature is calling, and we need to pick up.

Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese). 🐦‍⬛🦋🌱🪸🦊🪷🪼🍄

Recommendations for homeschool survivors, from homeschool survivors. These are books (and additional resources, in the comments) that have helped me and other former homeschoolers begin to fill in some gaping holes in our education.

Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.

Paleontology knows of 5 mass extinctions that happened over the course of the Earth’s last 500 million years of history - and right now we might be at the brink of a 6th extiction event. This list contains books that cover historical and current extinction events and connect them to how humans treat the environment we live in and show how catastrophic the consequences of our actions might be. Open to recommendations!

Non-fiction for the planet - plants and animals, ecology, biology, climate change and inspiring reads from those trying to save the beautiful world that we live on.

a list of books to educate yourself on social and political topics

As a climate scientist and paleoclimatologist with a passion for our world and science communication, I wanted to share my recommendations for Earth science books that are informative, engaging, and accessible. I intend to continue updating this list.

A list of books essential to understanding and appreciating the natural world. Don’t forget to bask in the sunshine like an ectotherm ☀️ you deserve it!

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]

This is a list of books representing every pokemon in HeartGold and SoulSilver (So Johto+Kanto regions). For my sanity, this is one book per evo line. The list with match-ups is in the comments✊🏻💚

The perfect biology book blends informative science and an interesting writing style. This ideal blend is hard to find and I’m thankful every time. I hope you like these, too!

Nonfiction books across varying interests. Excludes memoirs and self help books

Non-fiction, non-heavy, heartfelt books focussed on the environment and climate

Books pictured in the "Bibliography of Recommended Titles" at the end of Insectopolis

Learn more about conservation efforts, environmental science, and wildlife. Contemplate how we humans can interact with nature & help the world around us🌱☀️

This list focuses on nonfiction books that describe different topics in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This list tends to prioritize books that focus more on the whys/hows something works, but occasionally dive into the history of subjects too!

Happy reading! As always open to suggestions!! 🤠🌱