18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

Plants
Read a book about plants. Native or local plants, how plants have been used by a culture, plants in the ecosystem, etc.
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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History by William Alexander

Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History

William Alexander

9 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history funny informative medium-paced
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathon Rosen

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathon Rosen

236 pages • first pub 2009 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Botanicum by Katie Haworth

Botanicum

Welcome to the Museum

Katie Haworth

112 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art nature science informative slow-paced
The Art and Craft of Tea: An Enthusiast's Guide to Selecting, Brewing, and Serving Exquisite Tea by Joseph Wesley Uhl

The Art and Craft of Tea: An Enthusiast's Guide to Selecting, Brewing, and Serving Exquisite Tea

Joseph Wesley Uhl

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink informative medium-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

354 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Wilding by Isabella Tree

Wilding

Isabella Tree

308 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative slow-paced
Forests: A Very Short Introduction by Jaboury Ghazoul

Forests: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Jaboury Ghazoul

144 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

This Is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature psychology science informative reflective medium-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike by Bill Bryson

A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike

Bill Bryson

338 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny medium-paced