15 Top nature books like Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper by Andrew Cote

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Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

By: Andrew Cote

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of New York City's premier beekeeper, who charmingly chronicles his adventures a…

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1. Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World

By: Clara Parkes

3.83

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this insp… read more

Similar categories in Clara Parkes's Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Knitting has a profound connective power. The culture and people and rituals around it, the values, they all contribute to an immediate and profound trust in one another. It's home. You belong and ar…"

-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World

"A funny thing happens when more than one knitter gathers in a public place. A solo knitter, presuming she is a woman, quickly fades into the backdrop like a potted palm or a quietly nursing mother. .…"

-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World

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2. A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them

By: Sue Hubbell

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A New York Times Notable Book, Sue Hubbell's A Book of Bees is “a melodious mix of memoir, nature j… read more

Similar categories in Sue Hubbell's A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"I like pulling on a baggy bee suit, forgetting myself and getting as close to the bees' lives as they will let me, remembering in the process that there is more to life than the merely human."

-Sue Hubbell, A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them

"The only time I ever believed that I knew all there was to know about beekeeping was the first year I was keeping them. Every year since I’ve known less and less and have accepted the humbling truth …"

-Sue Hubbell, A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them

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3. The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

By: John C. Maxwell

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell say… read more

Similar categories in John C. Maxwell's The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen, #3)

By: Joanne Fluke

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival--and Hannah Swensen is … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Fluke's Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen, #3) book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook

5. Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

By: Juli Berwald

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her pass… read more

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6. Honeybee Democracy

By: Thomas D. Seeley

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death… read more

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7. The Devoted Friend

By: Oscar Wilde

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding

"The Devoted Friend" is a short fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde. The tale concerns Big Hugh, the … read more

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8. The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America

By: Hannah Nordhaus

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"You'llnever think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way aga… read more

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9. Garlic and the Vampire

By: Bree Paulsen

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring a heroine who is braver than she realizes. Garlic feel… read more

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10. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Schneidau's Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • nature
  • audiobook
"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"

-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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11. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler

4.12

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Imbler's How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"

-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

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12. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

By: Annie Proulx

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more

Similar categories in Annie Proulx's Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • nature
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • audiobook
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13. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

By: Kara Cooney

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more

Similar categories in Kara Cooney's When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"

-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

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14. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

By: J.W. Ocker

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond! Welcome to the United States… read more

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Excitements

By: C.J. Wray

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A brilliant and witty drama about two elderly female World War II veterans with a secret past who e… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Wray's The Excitements book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
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16. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

By: Gloria Dickie

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Dickie's Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • nature
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"

-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

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17. 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

Similar categories in Camille T. Dungy's Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • nature
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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18. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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19. Cold Clay (Shady Hollow, #2)

By: Juneau Black

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The second book in the Shady Hollow series, in which some long-buried secrets come to light, throwi… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Cold Clay (Shady Hollow, #2) book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • animals
  • audiobook
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20. The Brilliant Abyss

By: Helen Scales

4.04

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist k… read more

Similar categories in Helen Scales's The Brilliant Abyss book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • nature
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms"

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"Not so very long ago, the deep was a tremendous void containing myths, legends and endless unknowns."

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"There are no compelling reasons for exploiting the deep, just industry and politics vying to push into that last frontier."

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"The deep has no stars at night to remind us it is there, and no moon shining down. And yet, this hidden place reaches into our daily lives and makes vital things happen without our knowing. The deep,…"

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

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21. Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

By: Juneau Black

4.03

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth book in the Shady Hollow mystery series sees Vera embroiled in a case involving star-cro… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4) book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • animals
  • audiobook
"Coming from the city like you did, you must have been free of all that old-fashioned nonsense." - "As long as you live among others, you're never free of other ideas. That's what society means."

-Juneau Black, Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

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22. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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23. The Mind of a Bee

By: Lars Chittka

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive min… read more

Similar categories in Lars Chittka's The Mind of a Bee book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"American writer and biologist Frederick Kenyon (1867-1941) was the first to explore the inner workings of the bee brain. His 1896 study, in which he managed to dye and characterize numerous types of …"

-Lars Chittka, The Mind of a Bee

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24. Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

By: Edith Widder

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the l… read more

Similar categories in Edith Widder's Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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25. Mirror Lake (Shady Hollow, #3)

By: Juneau Black

4.03

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The third novel in the Shady Hollow mystery series, in which Vera Vixen takes on her most challengi… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Mirror Lake (Shady Hollow, #3) book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • animals
  • audiobook
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26. The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

By: Meredith May

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling… read more

Similar categories in Meredith May's The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"On a deep level, the bees were teaching me the importance of taking care of myself. I could see, with my very own eyes, that defeat was not a natural way to be, even for insects."

-Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

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27. Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

By: Andrew Cote

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of New York City's premier beekeeper, who charmingly chronicles his adventures a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper book and Andrew Cote's Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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28. Bee People and the Bugs They Love

By: Frank Mortimer

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating foray into the obsessions, friendships, scientific curiosity, misfortunes and rewards… read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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29. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)

By: Juneau Black

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more

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  • animals
  • nature
  • audiobook
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30. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Book of the Earthworm

By: Sally Coulthard

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

For Charles Darwin—who estimated every acre of land contained 53,000 earthworms—the humble earthwor… read more

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

26 Best audiobook books like Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper by Andrew Cote

Transform Your Habits

Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World

Clara Parkes

3.83

Transform Your Habits

A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them

Sue Hubbell

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

John C. Maxwell

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen, #3)

Joanne Fluke

3.54

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23 best-selling audiobook books like Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides

Adam Nicolson

3.51

Transform Your Habits

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

4.12

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