Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Flora and Fauna
Choose a book about the plant or animal life of a region or a specific topic of plant or animal life, human interaction with or cultivation of plants or animals, endangered species, and related topics.
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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

Annie Proulx

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Tapestries of Life: Uncovering the Lifesaving Secrets of the Natural World by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

Tapestries of Life: Uncovering the Lifesaving Secrets of the Natural World

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales

Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells

Helen Scales

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science funny informative medium-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Gospel of the Eels by Patrik Svensson

The Gospel of the Eels

Patrik Svensson

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

10 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction classics nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses

Daniel Chamovitz

177 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Tea: a Nerd's Eye View by Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD

Tea: a Nerd's Eye View

Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD

220 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction food and drink informative medium-paced