Ötzi, what are you doing here?

Nonfiction books that are definitely not about Ötzi 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.

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created by The_BookishBug

last updated August, 2026

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Hidden Creatures: Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites

Dino J. Martins

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Owen Beattie

Secret Life of Fungi

Aliya Whiteley

Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization

Tim Queeney

Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark

Leigh Ann Henion

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

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Ngl this is such a genius idea Vic! I can’t believe that so many books managed to bring him up randomly haha Maybe that’s the push I need to finally read Entangled Life 🙂‍↕️

The_BookishBugOP

I think it was Night Magic and Rope mentioning him on my back to back reads that finally made me go "hm" 🤔 Three of these books bring him up just to talk about the fungi he had on his person 🍄‍🟫🍄