David Quammen

49 books

The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature by David Quammen

The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

David Quammen

320 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin And Natural Selection by David Quammen

The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin And Natural Selection

David Quammen

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen

Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

David Quammen

528 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature by David Quammen

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

David Quammen

221 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science reflective medium-paced
Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia by David Quammen, Jon Krakauer, Edward Hoagland

Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia

David Quammen, Jon Krakauer, Edward Hoagland

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

703 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

Great Discoveries

David Quammen

304 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science reflective slow-paced
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

David Quammen

702 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Soul of Viktor Tronko by Nancy Pearl, David Quammen

The Soul of Viktor Tronko

Nancy Pearl, David Quammen

480 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious tense medium-paced
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

587 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced