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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

10 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Michael Pollan

140 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction food and drink health informative inspiring fast-paced
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan

304 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

397 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny medium-paced
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

450 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction food and drink adventurous informative medium-paced
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest by Mark J. Plotkin

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest

Mark J. Plotkin

352 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction memoir nature adventurous informative slow-paced
The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating by J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith

The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating

J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith

272 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced
Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement by Janet Poppendieck

Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement

Janet Poppendieck

354 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
Wild Life: Amazing Animals, Extraordinary People, Astonishing Places by Simon King
Wild Life: Amazing Animals, Extraordinary People, Astonishing Places
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Simon King

Wild Life: Amazing Animals, Extraordinary People, Astonishing Places

Simon King

312 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction autobiography biography nature adventurous informative slow-paced
Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

377 pages • first pub 1854 (editions)

5.0cnoelle's review
nonfiction classics nature philosophy inspiring reflective slow-paced