21 Best nonfiction books like Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents by Alessia Resta

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Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents

By: Alessia Resta

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This “snappy [and] terrific” ( The New York Times ) guide from the plant influencer behind Apartmen…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents by Alessia Resta , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants by Igor Josifovic, Judith De Graaff

1. Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants

By: Igor Josifovic , Judith De Graaff

3.94

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Urban Jungle is a book packed with green inspiration, plant styling ideas and handy plant informati… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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2. Christmas Jars

By: Jason F. Wright

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Where had it come from? Whose money was it? Was I to spend it? Save it? Pass it on to someone more … read more

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3. How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

By: Veronica Peerless

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature

4. The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil

By: Stephen Collins

4.32

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

The job of the skin is to keep things in. On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. By whic… read more

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5. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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6. Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2)

By: Haley Newsome

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Based on the hit webcomic, Unfamiliar Volume 2  continues the exciting witchy adventures of Planche… read more

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7. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

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8. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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9. Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable

By: Jason Fung

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Take the guesswork (and fear) out of fasting with real-life and expert advice about the number-one … read more

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  • nonfiction
"...my work: to destigmatize obesity and give everyone the tools to live the healthiest life possible."

-Jason Fung, Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable

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10. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals: A Cookbook

By: Melissa Clark

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

100 all-new super-simple and incredibly delicious one-pot, one-pan, one-sheet--one-everything!--rec… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

By: Christian Cooper

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

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12. Secrets of the Octopus

By: Sy Montgomery

4.43

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex anima… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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13. Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books)

By: Erin Benzakein

4.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous dahlia blooms from celebrated farme… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
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14. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Fi: A Memoir of My Son by Alexandra Fuller

15. Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more

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  • nonfiction
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

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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. Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to Houseplants

By: Lauren Camilleri

4.52

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This is the definitive text for potting, maintaining, and loving your houseplants. Houseplants h… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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18. The School for Whatnots

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adve… read more

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19. So We Meet Again

By: Suzanne Park

3.50

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

When investment banker Jessie Kim is laid off in a virtual meeting and then overhears why (“she’s a… read more

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"Jess, didn't we agree to take the town by storm? How can you do that in that orange shorts jumpsuit? You look like you escaped from a prison ward and kept the outfit." She smirked and took a spontane…"

-Suzanne Park, So We Meet Again

"You all know one another?" Wyatt had a better poker face. "Jess and I go way back. I used to be her boss." He winked at me. "I always loved your Halloween style." He pointed to my suit. I mustered a …"

-Suzanne Park, So We Meet Again

"Alice talked shit about people at work all the time, but she also seemed to thrive in the Hamilton Cooper male-dominated, bro-y workplace. She talked about dudes like they were himbos, which was hila…"

-Suzanne Park, So We Meet Again

"He genuinely liked the noodles and mandu we'd brought. "Do you have any secret ingredients or something? How is this so good? And your mandu sauce---those were so good that there isn't any left!" Thi…"

-Suzanne Park, So We Meet Again

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20. The Illustrated Herbiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Bewitching Botanicals (Wild Wisdom)

By: Maia Toll

4.37

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the wild wisdom of 36 herbs, fruits, and flowers in this award-winning book by herbalist … read more

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  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall

21. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both

By: Mariah Stovall

3.28

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise meets Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity in a Black woman’s coming-of-age stor… read more

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22. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

By: Chantha Nguon

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

Cover of Not Another Jungle: Comprehensive Care for Extraordinary Houseplants by Tony Le-Britton

23. Not Another Jungle: Comprehensive Care for Extraordinary Houseplants

By: Tony Le-Britton

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Obsessed with houseplants? You’ve come to the right place. This isn’t any ordinary houseplant book… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
Cover of How to House-Plant: A Beginner's Guide to Making and Keeping Plant Friends by Heather Rodino

24. How to House-Plant: A Beginner's Guide to Making and Keeping Plant Friends

By: Heather Rodino

4.25

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

In this beginner’s guide to indoor gardening, you’ll learn how to care for fifty of the most popula… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian by Freddie Bitsoie

25. New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian

By: Freddie Bitsoie

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Modern Indigenous cuisine from the renowned Native foods educator and former chef of Mitsitam Nativ… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive by Baylor Chapman

26. Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive

By: Baylor Chapman

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“This book will help you keep your plants healthy.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune , 7 Books to Shake U… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents by Alessia Resta

27. Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents

By: Alessia Resta

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This “snappy [and] terrific” ( The New York Times ) guide from the plant influencer behind Apartmen… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Green Dumb Guide to Houseplants: 45 Unfussy Plants That Are Easy to Grow and Hard to Kill by Holly Theisen-Jones

28. The Green Dumb Guide to Houseplants: 45 Unfussy Plants That Are Easy to Grow and Hard to Kill

By: Holly Theisen-Jones

4.22

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

For those who want to take care of houseplants but can hardly take care of themselves, The Green Du… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom: A Room-by-Room Guide to Styling and Caring for Your Houseplants by Emily L. Hay Hinsdale

29. Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom: A Room-by-Room Guide to Styling and Caring for Your Houseplants

By: Emily L. Hay Hinsdale

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Create your own green indoor paradise with this beautifully illustrated room-by-room guide to bring… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Root Nurture Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants by Caro Langton

30. Root Nurture Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants

By: Caro Langton

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

You've created your own house of plants, so what's next? The authors of House of Plants follow up t… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of A Beginner's Guide to House Plants: Creating Beautiful and Healthy Green Spaces in Your Home by Ryusuke Sakaino

31. A Beginner's Guide to House Plants: Creating Beautiful and Healthy Green Spaces in Your Home

By: Ryusuke Sakaino

3.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The healthier your plants, the happier you'll feel! A Beginner's Guide to House Plants teaches you… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction

13 Best nature books like Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents by Alessia Resta

Transform Your Habits

Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants

Igor Josifovic , Judith De Graaff

3.94

Transform Your Habits

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

Veronica Peerless

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

Christian Cooper

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Secrets of the Octopus

Sy Montgomery

4.43

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5 Top adult books like Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books) by Erin Benzakein

Transform Your Habits

The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need to grow - and fall in love with! - your brand new food garden (Volume 1) (The First-Time Gardener's Guides, 1)

Jessica Sowards

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books)

Erin Benzakein

4.63

Transform Your Habits

The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life

Emily Kent

2.95

Transform Your Habits

Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting and Arranging Beautiful Blooms (Flower Gardening for Beginners)

Niki Irving

4.20

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