20 Best nonfiction books like The Way of the Rabbit by Mark Hawthorne

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The Way of the Rabbit

By: Mark Hawthorne

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Independent and resourceful, rabbits represent balance, rebirth, speed, fertility, resurrection, ab…

"It would be difficult to identify an animal more universally admired than the rabbit. Maybe it’s that rabbits are ubiquitous in nature and yet somewhat mysterious—fully present while remaining mostly concealed. We respect their independence and resourcefulness. To see a rabbit or a hare (who are closely related to rabbits) in the wild, possibly nibbling on vegetation or hopping about with their mates, is to experience a moment of pure joy. For an instant, time stands still."

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

"It would be difficult to identify an animal more universally admired than the rabbit. Maybe it’s that rabbits are ubiquitous in nature and yet somewhat mysterious—fully present while remaining mostly concealed. We respect their independence and resourcefulness. To see a rabbit or a hare (who are closely related to rabbits) in the wild, possibly nibbling on vegetation or hopping about with their mates, is to experience a moment of pure joy. For an instant, time stands still."

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

"The rabbit’s high profile in pop culture represents not just the public’s love of furry and playful critters but also the appeal of rabbits as animals who are thoroughly present. They remind us to be our best selves, detached from the exterior world while remaining engaged with others. If all this sentiment sounds a little too philosophical to be attributed to the humble rabbit, think for a moment what lagomorphs have come to symbolize—rebirth, balance, rejuvenation, speed, awareness, resurrection, fertility, spring, purity, resourcefulness, abundance, creativity, magic, harmony—and then consider how many of these are life-affirming qualities or at least characteristics that bring deep meaning to our existence."

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

"The rabbit’s high profile in pop culture represents not just the public’s love of furry and playful critters but also the appeal of rabbits as animals who are thoroughly present. They remind us to be our best selves, detached from the exterior world while remaining engaged with others. If all this sentiment sounds a little too philosophical to be attributed to the humble rabbit, think for a moment what lagomorphs have come to symbolize—rebirth, balance, rejuvenation, speed, awareness, resurrection, fertility, spring, purity, resourcefulness, abundance, creativity, magic, harmony—and then consider how many of these are life-affirming qualities or at least characteristics that bring deep meaning to our existence."

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

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Cover of The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery

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

By: Sy Montgomery

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

2. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

By: Matthew Desmond

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

3.44

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine forever In The Butcher… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature by Susan E.  Davis, Margo Demello

4. Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature

By: Susan E. Davis , Margo Demello

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a children's pet and … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science

5. A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages,

In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, ans… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science

6. The Genius of Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

3.84

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds … read more

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7. The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, #1)

By: Carolyn Keene , Sara Paretsky , Russell H. Tandy

4.04

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

This is a facsimile reprint of the first ever Nancy Drew book, published 1930. Nancy Drew's keen mi… read more

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8. Since We Fell

By: Dennis Lehane

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since We Fellfollows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now … read more

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9. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

By: Charles C. Mann

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more

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10. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More

By: None , None

4.67

Format: 46 pages,

It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more

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11. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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12. Full Brutal

By: Kristopher Triana

4.04

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. S… read more

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13. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive

By: Philipp Dettmer

4.59

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."

-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive

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14. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

By: Mona Chollet

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

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15. 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
  • nonfiction
  • 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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16. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy

17. 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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  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

By: Suzanne Simard

4.22

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their conne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Plants are attuned to one another's strengths and weaknesses, elegantly giving and taking to attain exquisite balance. There is grace in complexity, in actions cohering, in sum totals."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"Such a marvel, the tenacity of the buds to surge with life every spring, to greet the lengthening days and warming weather with exuberance, no matter what hardships were brought by winter."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"This Mother Tree was the central hub that the saplings and seedlings nested around, with threads of different fungal species, of different colors and weights, linking them, layer upon layer, in a str…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"I was lucky to become one of the first in the new generation of women in the logging industry, but what I found was not what I had grown up to understand. Instead I discovered vast landscapes cleared…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

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19. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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21. The Weaver and the Witch Queen

By: Genevieve Gornichec

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

The lives of two women—one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to… read more

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22. Our Crooked Hearts

By: Melissa Albert

3.75

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Bad choices. Dangerous magic. . . . This is Our Crooked Hearts, a contemporary fanta… read more

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"Magic was a thing with teeth and a history as old as the world."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"Rage and time were the only currencies left to her, and she used them."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"The memories blossomed and withered, and now they belonged only to me."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"The air shimmered with the ghosts of our younger selves, our secrets, our heads side by side on the wooden floor."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

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23. All I Want for Christmas

By: Maggie Knox

3.18

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

True love wasn't on their holiday wish list. When Sadie and Max are selected as contestants on t… read more

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24. The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

By: Keegan-Michael Key

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

"A boisterous debut … the authors are as funny as one would expect … this is a hoot.” ― Publishers … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht

25. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World

By: Matt Kracht

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This must-have sequel to the bestselling parody book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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26. The Escape Room

By: Megan Goldin

3.83

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive. In the lucrative world of financ… read more

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Cover of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

27. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America

By: Leila Philip

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelato… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

28. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

By: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Everywhere we go, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, capitalism follows us."

-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

"Science is supposedly about asking questions, except about scientists and how science is done."

-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

"Access to a dark night sky—to see and be inspired by the universe as it really is—should be a human right, not a luxury for the chosen few."

-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Cover of Wherever Seeds May Fall (Seeds, #1) by Peter Cawdron

29. Wherever Seeds May Fall (Seeds, #1)

By: Peter Cawdron

4.32

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Astronomers from around the world watch in awe as an extrasolar comet approaches Saturn, being draw… read more

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30. The Way of the Rabbit

By: Mark Hawthorne

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Independent and resourceful, rabbits represent balance, rebirth, speed, fertility, resurrection, ab… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"It would be difficult to identify an animal more universally admired than the rabbit. Maybe it’s that rabbits are ubiquitous in nature and yet somewhat mysterious—fully present while remaining mostly…"

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

"The rabbit’s high profile in pop culture represents not just the public’s love of furry and playful critters but also the appeal of rabbits as animals who are thoroughly present. They remind us to be…"

-Mark Hawthorne, The Way of the Rabbit

Cover of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

31. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

By: Hyeseung Song

4.13

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a sea… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

3.37

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Lindsey Fitzharris

3.44

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Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature

Susan E. Davis , Margo Demello

4.50

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Bill Bryson

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Margaret Renkl

4.37

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

Ben Goldfarb

4.45

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Amy Tan

4.14

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