8 must-read anthologies books like The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 by Carl Zimmer

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

By: Carl Zimmer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essa…

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Cover of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben  Goldfarb

1. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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2. 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

Similar categories in Dan Flores's Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • nature
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"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

Cover of The Best American Short Stories 2023 by Min Jin Lee

3. The Best American Short Stories 2023

By: Min Jin Lee

3.77

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more

Similar categories in Min Jin Lee's The Best American Short Stories 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • anthologies
  • audiobook
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4. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

By: Shannon Reed

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"I think, therefore, I cry..."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"Life is so much better with books than without."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

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5. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

By: Jaime Green

4.02

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A dazzling cultural and scientific exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the poss… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Green's The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"We’re not alone because we’re not separate from the swirl of a galaxy’s arms or the way wind catches dust in a gyre. We’re no more an anomaly than an atom is."

-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

"…science fiction writers may have been the first people to realize the unknowability of where technology would lead us… Where it used to be possible to set stories millennia in the future—affording h…"

-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

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6. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. The Best American Essays 2023

By: Vivian Gornick

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Vivian Gornick. Vivian Gor… read more

Similar categories in Vivian Gornick's The Best American Essays 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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8. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben

9. Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America

By: Peter Wohlleben

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us… read more

Similar categories in Peter Wohlleben's Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • nature
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2023 by Mark Bittman

10. The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman

3.63

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to … read more

Similar categories in Mark Bittman's The Best American Food Writing 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
Cover of The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 by Lisa Unger

11. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

By: Lisa Unger

3.41

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • anthologies
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 by R.F. Kuang

12. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

By: R.F. Kuang

3.68

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing selected by New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • anthologies
"The truce was over; the walls were up; they had reminded her why she'd abandoned them, which was that she could never really, properly, be one of them. And Letty, if she could not belong to a place, …"

-R.F. Kuang, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

Cover of The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021 by Ed Yong

13. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021

By: Ed Yong

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best scienc… read more

Similar categories in Ed Yong's The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • medicine
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 by Carl Zimmer

14. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

By: Carl Zimmer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essa… read more

Similar categories in Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • biology
  • medicine
  • animals
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez

15. The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

By: Ainissa Ramirez

3.93

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon a clever and engaging look… read more

Similar categories in Ainissa Ramirez's The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

16. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor reno… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • audiobook
  • biology
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr

17. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

By: Ferris Jabr

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace by Lindsey Pollak

18. The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace

By: Lindsey Pollak

4.08

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A Wall Street Journal and Financial Times book of the month Millennials have become the largest ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson

19. Something in the Woods Loves You

By: Jarod K. Anderson

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring blend of nature writing and memoir that explores nature’s crucial role in our emotiona… read more

Similar categories in Jarod K. Anderson's Something in the Woods Loves You book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders by Cara Giaimo

20. Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders

By: Cara Giaimo

4.63

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes Wild Life, an over the top,… read more

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  • nature
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
Cover of The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 by Bill McKibben

21. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024

By: Bill McKibben

4.29

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nat… read more

Similar categories in Bill McKibben's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 book and Carl Zimmer's The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

  • science

14 Top audiobook books like The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 by Carl Zimmer

Transform Your Habits

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

Dan Flores

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Best American Short Stories 2023

Min Jin Lee

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

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8 best-selling adult books like The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

Jaime Green

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Little Book of Aliens

Adam Frank

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe

Harry Cliff

4.10

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