14 must-read science books like The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know by David Hone

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The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know

By: David Hone

4.19

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Ever since we first started discovering dinosaurs in the early-1800s, our obsession for uncovering …

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1. How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever

By: James Gorman , Jack Horner

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • biology
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • science

2. Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams

By: Stephen Fry , Mark Carwardine

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Join Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as he follows in his great friend Douglas… read more

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3. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Mouse Guard, #1)

By: David Petersen

3.62

Format: 57 pages,

The forest is a dangerous place for any animal, especially one as small as a mouse. In the past, th… read more

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4. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

By: Riley Black

3.95

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

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5. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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6. A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

By: Becky Smethurst

4.38

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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7. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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8. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

By: Steve Brusatte

4.20

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

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9. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

By: Thomas Halliday

4.13

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"

-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"

-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

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10. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

By: Robin George Andrews

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma mor… read more

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  • history
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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11. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

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12. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

By: Greg Jenner

4.11

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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13. Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)

By: Michael J. Benton

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific disciplin… read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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14. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

By: Katherine Rundell

4.42

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more

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  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

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16. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know

By: Dean R. Lomax

4.45

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth'… read more

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  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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18. 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

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  • biology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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19. The Star Wars Archives. 1977–1983

By: Paul Duncan

4.59

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. Afte… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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20. The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know

By: David Hone

4.19

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Ever since we first started discovering dinosaurs in the early-1800s, our obsession for uncovering … read more

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  • natural history
  • palaeontology
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils by Dean R. Lomax

21. Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils

By: Dean R. Lomax

4.47

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to kno… read more

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  • natural history
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  • dinosaurs
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16 Best history books like The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know by David Hone

Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

Becky Smethurst

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

Steve Brusatte

4.38

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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

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The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Phil Szostak

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Kymmenen haavaa Amerikan sydämessä

Anna-Sofia Berner

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season Two): The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion

Phil Szostak

4.57

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