5 best-selling biography memoir books like Bee People and the Bugs They Love by Frank Mortimer

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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…

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1. 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 Frank Mortimer's Bee People and the Bugs They Love

  • audiobook
  • 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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2. The Hike

By: Drew Magary

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you've read before, weaving elements o… read more

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  • audiobook
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3. Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

By: Lee H. Whittlesey

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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4. When to Rob a Bank

By: Steven D. Levitt , Stephen J. Dubner

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collect… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

5. Color: A Natural History of the Palette

By: Victoria Finlay

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors. For example: Cleopatra used saff… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

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. 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

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  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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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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  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices

By: Noah Whiteman

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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10. Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging historical mystery, Agatha Christie’s ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, n… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

By: Sabine Hossenfelder

3.92

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

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12. Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Z… read more

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  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • nature
  • audiobook
"That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

"Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

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13. 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

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  • audiobook
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • nature
  • 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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14. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

By: Abraham Riesman

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur … read more

Similar categories in Abraham Riesman's True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee book and Frank Mortimer's Bee People and the Bugs They Love

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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16. Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert

By: David J. Nutt

4.43

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty year… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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17. 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

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  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"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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18. Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)

By: Kira Jane Buxton

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

MOST ANTICIPATED by Bustle • "Sci-Fi Thriller" recommendation from Buzzfeed  • An Indie Next Pick … read more

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  • animals
  • audiobook
"Oomingmak could not swim."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)

"Stories suture up our wounds, stitch us back together. They keep our loved ones alive."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)

"A tear slipped down the cheek of my nestling, whose calloused skin could not protect her eggshell heart."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, #2)

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19. The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild

By: Thomas D. Seeley

4.00

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begu… read more

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  • audiobook
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • nature
  • science
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20. 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

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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21. 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

Similar categories in Frank Mortimer's Bee People and the Bugs They Love book and Frank Mortimer's Bee People and the Bugs They Love

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • nature
  • science

5 Top adult books like Bee People and the Bugs They Love by Frank Mortimer

Transform Your Habits

Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)

Colleen Cambridge

4.01

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Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

Laurie Zaleski

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

Gloria Dickie

4.25

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The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild

Thomas D. Seeley

4.00

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The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

Transform Your Habits

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

Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

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

Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

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