Reading STEM 2022 - hosted by corvidaeus

A book about microbiology or mycology
Anything to do with bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. Doesn't have to just be about disease - don't forget they can be beneficial too!
All books added
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

7 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
Mini Mind Controllers: Fungi, Bacteria, and Other Tiny Zombie Makers by Joan Axelrod-Contrada

Mini Mind Controllers: Fungi, Bacteria, and Other Tiny Zombie Makers

Real-Life Zombies

Joan Axelrod-Contrada

32 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens nature science young adult medium-paced
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

10 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
Rust: The Longest War by Jonathan Waldman

Rust: The Longest War

Jonathan Waldman

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by Anna Bikle, David R. Montgomery

What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health

Anna Bikle, David R. Montgomery

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller

Fungus Is Among Us!

Joy Keller

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens nature science adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer

Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

Philipp Dettmer

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health science challenging funny informative medium-paced
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

357 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us by Ruth Kassinger

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Ruth Kassinger

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

536 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science reflective medium-paced