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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,389 books — 1,755 voters

DMT by Rick StrassmanThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy NarbyTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Secret Life of Plants by Peter TompkinsLife Revisited by Laurent  Grenier
Curious Minds
188 books — 161 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenGathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nonfiction Books about Plants
439 books — 152 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
392 books — 116 voters

Country Ham by Steve CoomesSalt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
199 books — 62 voters

What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaSorrowland by Rivers SolomonThe Beauty by Aliya WhiteleyRosewater by Tade Thompson
Fungus Fiction
50 books — 43 voters

GRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonThe Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonMountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane
Mountains and Highlands
118 books — 32 voters
The Tree by Colin TudgeThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Wild Trees by Richard   PrestonA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonThe Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
Deciduous and Coniferous Forests
240 books — 30 voters

Martian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Principia by Isaac NewtonFrom the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyRelativity by Albert Einstein
Science Through History
232 books — 28 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingTiger Moon by Antonia MichaelisThe Tiger by John VaillantIn the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Books about Tigers
60 books — 23 voters

Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyIn a Sunburned Country by Bill  BrysonRed by Terry Tempest WilliamsTracks by Robyn DavidsonTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Deserts of the World
117 books — 22 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy  StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenPapyrus by John Gaudet
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaolaThe Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaolaThe Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
Flower and Plant lore
98 books — 13 voters

Yarden Life by Erin EarthNever Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander Campbell MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
135 books — 12 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben  Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
40 books — 9 voters

The Language of Flowers by Odessa BegayFloriography by Jessica RouxA Victorian Flower Dictionary by Mandy KirkbyFloriography by Sally CoulthardWildflower Folklore by Laura C. Martin
Language of Flowers
11 books — 8 voters


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