Primates


In the Shadow of Man
Gorillas in the Mist
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
One Gorilla
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Particles of Light by David Emerson TrimSeven Cats of Kubbeli Evler by John    RutherfordFox & I by Catherine RavenThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorWe Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
The uncanny bond of human and animal
11 books — 13 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
146 books — 102 voters

Death at SeaWorld by David  KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
600 books — 178 voters

Curious George by H.A. ReyThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsPlanet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Monkey Business
357 books — 56 voters

Lisa Kemmerer
Our efforts to protect primates will be much more effective if we dismantle the artificial line that we have created between ourselves and other animals.
Lisa Kemmerer, Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary

Douglas Adams
Poaching of one kind or another is, of course, the single most serious threat to the survival of the mountain gorillas, but it's hard not to wonder whether declaring open season on human beings is the best plan for solving the problem. We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying. ...more
Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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