17 must-read nonfiction books like At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping by John Gidding

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At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping

By: John Gidding

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Go from manicured lawn to eco-conscious garden with this step-by-step guide from HGTV star John Gid…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping by John Gidding , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wil… read more

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2. A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.95

Format: 224 pages,

With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected… read more

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3. From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #24)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest installment in Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully diverting No. 1 Ladies' Detective … read more

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4. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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5. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."

-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

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6. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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7. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.35

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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8. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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9. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

By: Dan Flores

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

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10. Hooky (Hooky, #1)

By: Míriam Bonastre Tur

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two twins, one prophecy, and a whole lot of hijinks. From WEBTOON, the #1 digital comic platform, c… read more

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"Cuando más subes...peor es la caída."

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky (Hooky, #1)

"Watch it! Or i'll turn you into a slug!"

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky (Hooky, #1)

"Why walk when we can race? Life's too short to waste time walking."

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky (Hooky, #1)

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11. The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

By: Catherine Price

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Journalist and screen/life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"One of the many great things about taking breaks from screens and devices is that it forces you to be still. This stillness can be very uncomfortable, but it also gives your brain a chance to breathe…"

-Catherine Price, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

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12. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

By: Trish O'Kane

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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13. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

By: Laura Gao

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, La… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May

14. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

By: Katherine May

3.62

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

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15. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy

16. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T. Dungy

4.19

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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17. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

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18. At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping

By: John Gidding

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Go from manicured lawn to eco-conscious garden with this step-by-step guide from HGTV star John Gid… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of New Naturalism: Designing and Planting A Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D.   Norris

19. New Naturalism: Designing and Planting A Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden

By: Kelly D. Norris

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In New Naturalism, horticulturist and modern plantsman Kelly D. Norris shares his inspiring, ecolog… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

20. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East

By: Carolyn Summers

4.26

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Gardeners, with all good fortune and flora, are endowed with love for a hobby that has profound pot… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction

10 best-selling nature books like At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping by John Gidding

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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

Ben Goldfarb

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

Douglas W. Tallamy

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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Erik Larson

4.24

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