7 Best nature books like The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System by Paul Murdin

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The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System

By: Paul Murdin

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Everyone's been looking up at the night sky this year as we've celebrated 50 years since Neil Armst…

If you liked the nature plot in The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System by Paul Murdin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Napoleon: A Concise Biography

By: David A. Bell

3.98

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)

By: Lindsey Davis

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Falco is a Roman informer who has a nose for trouble. In the Forum, where pretty Sosia flees for he… read more

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3. The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to our Solar System

By: Maggie Aderin-Pocock

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Pl… read more

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4. To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

By: Steven Weinberg

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-wi… read more

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5. Pendragon (Dark Age, #1)

By: James Wilde

3.21

Format: 192 pages,

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6. Man Meets Dog

By: Konrad Lorenz

3.67

Format: 220 pages,

In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, "the man who t… read more

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7. Gemini

By: Michel Tournier , Anne Laurel Carter

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Jean and Paul are identical twins. Outsiders, even their parents, cannot tell them apart, and call … read more

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8. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

By: Riley Black

3.95

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

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9. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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10. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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  • space
  • audiobook
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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11. Turbulence

By: David Szalay

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of All That Man Is, a stunning, virtuosic n… read more

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  • audiobook
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12. Nečista krv

By: Borisav Stanković

3.83

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Bora Stankovic, pisac koji je mnogo osporavan od strane svojih savremenika! Postavljali su pitanja … read more

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"I baš u tom upinjanju da se od svih izdvoje, izgleda da su nalazili svu draž svoga života."

-Borisav Stanković, Nečista krv

"Nekako, uvek joj je zimi bivalo lakše. Da li što se tada biva usamljenijim, izdvojenijim od svega i svačega, jer se, u dubokim jesenima i dugačkim a jakim zimama, biva sasvim sam."

-Borisav Stanković, Nečista krv

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13. Max and the Multiverse (Max and the Multiverse, #1)

By: Zachry Wheeler

3.83

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

* Gold Medal Winner - Global Ebook Awards * Readers' Favorite® 5-Star Selection It's spring bre… read more

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14. The Making of You: A Journey from Cell to Human

By: Katharina Vestre

4.11

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

It's the first great mystery: where did you come from? How did your cells know what to build? What … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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15. Seobe

By: Miloš Crnjanski

3.75

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Seobe su roman o zvezdi u beskrajnom, plavom krugu. Seobe su roman o čoveku koji je u ratu ostavio … read more

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16. Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life

By: Helen Czerski

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and informed introduction to the world o… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Nothing that is in equilibrium can be alive."

-Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life

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17. Komisch, alles chemisch!

By: Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Chemie ist alles – was wir tun, was uns umgibt, was wir fühlen, alles hat mit Chemie zu tun. Glaube… read more

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  • popular science
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

By: David Christian

4.09

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

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19. Savage Her Reply

By: Deirdre Sullivan

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A dark, feminist retelling of The Children of Lir told in Sullivan's hypnotic prose. A retelling of… read more

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  • audiobook
"Stories vary, throat to throat, and heart to foolish heart, but mine belongs to me as much as them. So here I am, I will begin again. I will remember."

-Deirdre Sullivan, Savage Her Reply

"Perhaps I am a dark, unpleasant creature. But I am my own creature. I am mine, my feet on the earth and the water in my soul and fire in my heart. And when all is taken from me I will still have my a…"

-Deirdre Sullivan, Savage Her Reply

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20. What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology

By: Paul Nurse

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist’s elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and the… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • nature
  • audiobook
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21. The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System

By: Paul Murdin

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Everyone's been looking up at the night sky this year as we've celebrated 50 years since Neil Armst… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • nature
  • audiobook
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22. African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

By: Thomas Lockley

3.77

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai and his astonishing journey from Northe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister

23. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
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24. Aria

By: Nazanine Hozar

3.58

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

In Iran, 1953, a driver named Behrouz discovers an abandoned baby in an alleyway. When he adopts he… read more

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  • audiobook
"I used to sing, in secret, so my father wouldn't know. I used to sing arias. Know what they are? Little tales, cries in the night. If you sing an aria, the world will know all about you. It will know…"

-Nazanine Hozar, Aria

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25. Finding Our Place in the Universe: How We Discovered Laniakea—the Milky Way's Home

By: Hélène Courtois

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

How a team of researchers, led by the author, discovered our home galaxy's location in the universe… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
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26. Dripačka Rapsodija

By: Aleksandar Bilanović

4.35

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

U osno­vi ovog avan­tu­ri­stič­kog ro­ma­na, ko­li­ko god to či­ta­o­cu po­sle či­ta­nja iz­gle­da­… read more

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27. nu mă întrerupe

By: Cătălina Stanislav

4.30

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

La 4 dimineața, când citeam cartea Cătălinei Stanislav, singura mea frustrare era că nu am cu cine … read more

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28. Sins of the Founding Father: George Washington, the Indigenous Tribes, and the Decisions that Shaped America’s Future

By: Peter Stark

3.52

Format: None pages, ebook

From the bestselling author of Astoria, Young Washington, and an upcoming book about the legendary … read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
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29. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game

By: Clint McElroy

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Taako, Magnus, and Merle are near the end of their quest to collect the seven Grand Relics, dangero… read more

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30. The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions

By: Amanda Bellows

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordina… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • audiobook
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31. Beneath the Night

By: Stuart Clark

4.08

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

From stone age to space age, every human who has ever looked up at the night sky has seen the same … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science

17 must-read audiobook books like The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System by Paul Murdin

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Concise Biography

David A. Bell

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

Steve Brusatte

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

3.73

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How To Build A Car

Adrian Newey

4.48

Transform Your Habits

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

Tim Marshall

3.94

Transform Your Habits

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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