15 must-read nonfiction books like How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by Tristan Gooley

Cover of How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by Tristan Gooley

How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

By: Tristan Gooley

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times–bestselling author Tristan Gooley opens our eyes to the secret language of trees—and…

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Cover of The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds by None, Philippa Langley

1. The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds

By: None , Philippa Langley

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length book about the discover of Richard III's remains by the person who led the ar… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger  Deakin

2. Wildwood: A Journey through Trees

By: Roger Deakin

3.30

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

Here, published for the first time in the United States, is the last book by Roger Deakin, famed Br… read more

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  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science

3. It Came from Beneath the Sink! (Goosebumps, #30)

By: R.L. Stine

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kat and her brother have just moved to a great new house. It would be perfect, if only their dog, K… read more

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Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

4. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

5. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Cover of Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History by Rebecca Struthers

6. Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

By: Rebecca Struthers

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning watchmaker—one of the few practicing the art in the world today—chronicles the inv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Gli orologi non creano il tempo, ma ne misurano la nostra percezione culturale."

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

"La natura è stata il nostro primo orologio e continua a scandire il tempo per coloro che se ne accorgono. Sono state la convivenza e la frequentazione diretta con la natura a far sì che l’umanità svi…"

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

"Il concetto di tempo è inseparabile dalla nostra cultura. Nella lingua inglese, per esempio, la parola time (tempo) è la più usata. Nelle culture occidentali e capitaliste è qualcosa che abbiamo o no…"

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

Cover of Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe by Sathnam Sanghera

7. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Wilding

By: Isabella Tree

4.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was… read more

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  • ecology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"People have a famously soft spot for pigs. Intelligent, inquisitive, imperious, myopic, sociable, gluttonous, grunting, ungainly, it is easy to recognize ourselves in them."

-Isabella Tree, Wilding

"The great concerns of our time – climate change, natural resources, food production, water control and conservation, and human health – all boil down to the condition of the soil."

-Isabella Tree, Wilding

"Over the years modern farming has reduced soil to....‘dirt’ – a sterile medium in which plants struggle to grow without artificial fertilizers. It is a self-perpetuating cycle of destruction and chem…"

-Isabella Tree, Wilding

"But the world of academia is a strange, sometimes counterproductive and often sluggish place. Where one may expect it to be open and responsive to new thinking, it can be oddly conservative and resis…"

-Isabella Tree, Wilding

Cover of Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross

9. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

By: Peter Ross

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more

Similar categories in Peter Ross's Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church book and Tristan Gooley's How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben

10. The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

By: Peter Wohlleben

4.03

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto on … read more

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  • ecology
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole

11. The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole

4.30

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more

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  • ecology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"

-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain

Cover of Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie

12. Lost in the Garden

By: Adam S. Leslie

3.73

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more

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Cover of Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm by Lee Schofield

13. Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm

By: Lee Schofield

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In 2015, England's last and loneliest golden eagle died in an unmarked spot among the remote easter… read more

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  • ecology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by Tristan Gooley

14. How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

By: Tristan Gooley

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times–bestselling author Tristan Gooley opens our eyes to the secret language of trees—and… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Gooley's How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves book and Tristan Gooley's How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

  • nature
  • ecology
  • biology
  • natural history
  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • environment
  • science
Cover of La Vie: A Year In Rural France by John Lewis-Stempel

15. La Vie: A Year In Rural France

By: John Lewis-Stempel

3.98

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

The roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleached-white walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

16. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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17. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

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18. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

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Cover of Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: Getting to know trees through the language of scent by David George Haskell

19. Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: Getting to know trees through the language of scent

By: David George Haskell

4.25

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

'Eclectic, brilliant and beautifully written, David Haskell reboots our aromatic memory reminding u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Tree-spotting: A Simple Guide to Britain's Trees by Ros Bennett

20. Tree-spotting: A Simple Guide to Britain's Trees

By: Ros Bennett

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated guide to the marvellous and varied world of trees, and a fascinating intr… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science nature
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

21. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

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Wildwood: A Journey through Trees

Roger Deakin

3.30

Transform Your Habits

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Edmund Conway

4.52

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Wilding

Isabella Tree

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

Peter Wohlleben

4.03

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Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

Ian Mortimer

4.00

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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester

3.84

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Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

Rebecca Struthers

4.23

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