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Nonfiction reference for animals, books or plants specific to a regional area.

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Growing Perennial Foods by Acadia Tucker

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley

Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy

Nature at Home

236 books — 21 voters

The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine M. Briggs

Fantasy Field Guides and Bestiaries

106 books — 14 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff

An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder by K. Valentin

A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins

Dave Barry's Gift Guide To End All Gift Guides by Dave Barry

Them "Guide" Books Is Wrong

498 books — 17 voters

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America... by National Geographic Society

Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding by Kenn Kaufman

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals by John O. Whitaker Jr.

Best Field Guides

180 books — 25 voters

The Bombshell Manual of Style by Laren Stover

Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown

How To Be

15 books — 4 voters

Incredible Wild Edibles by Samuel Thayer

Stalking the Healthful Herbs by Euell Gibbons

Favorite Edible and Medicinal Plant Books

39 books — 5 voters

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