Reading Ologies/Non-fiction Challenge! - hosted by gothyeehaw

Animals & Bugs
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Life: The First Four Billion Years: The Story of Life from the Big Bang to the Evolution of Humans by Martin Jenkins

Life: The First Four Billion Years: The Story of Life from the Big Bang to the Evolution of Humans

Martin Jenkins

80 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction middle grade science informative slow-paced
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder

Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

Edith Widder

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir science adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA by Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin

On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA

Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

308 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

Jonathan B. Losos

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs

Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Rebecca Giggs

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

Carl Zimmer

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

165 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams

The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect

Wendy Williams

8 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Great Colorado Bear Stories by Laura Pritchett

Great Colorado Bear Stories

Laura Pritchett

239 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction nature reflective medium-paced