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The Tree by Colin TudgeThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Wild Trees by Richard PrestonFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottMedicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. Elliott
Deciduous and Coniferous Forests
242 books — 33 voters
Country Ham by Steve CoomesSalt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
196 books — 59 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,870 books — 2,253 voters
On the Origin of Species by Charles DarwinDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe Diversity of Life by Edward O. WilsonThe Beak of the Finch by Jonathan WeinerVoyage of the Turtle by Carl Safina
The International Year of Biodiversity
80 books — 44 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBeak of the Moon by Philip TempleThe Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Birds as Characters in Fiction
87 books — 27 voters
Last Chance to See by Douglas AdamsThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonLast Chance to See by Mark CarwardineThe Tiger by John Vaillant
Before It's Too Late: Endangered Species
182 books — 84 voters

The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe Rhino Crash by Nick NewmanNo Word for Wilderness by Roger ThompsonExplorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures by J.Z. HuntVoices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
In Decline: Threatened or Vulnerable Species
120 books — 42 voters
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsA Feathered River Across the Sky by Joel GreenbergMoa by Quinn BerentsonThe Ghost with Trembling Wings by Scott Weidensaul
Gone Forever: Recently Extinct Animals
61 books — 25 voters

Mind of the Raven by Bernd HeinrichIn the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. MarzluffCrow Planet by Lyanda Lynn HauptRavens in Winter by Bernd HeinrichCrow by Boria Sax
Non-Fiction: Crows & Ravens
22 books — 30 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Day of Judgment by Charles ToddThe Owl and the Pussycat by Edward LearHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingWesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Owls
234 books — 102 voters

Beak of the Moon by Philip TempleAlex & Me by Irene M. PepperbergBudgerigar by Sarah HarrisThe Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce BarcottOf Parrots and People by Mira Tweti
Books for Parrot Lovers
86 books — 19 voters
H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Genius of Birds by Jennifer AckermanWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Wild Birds by Emily StrelowSilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Books for Bird Lovers
536 books — 216 voters