9 must-read nature books like Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne

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Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America

By: Pete Dunne

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America’s birds of prey Always a popular grou…

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1. Congo

By: Michael Crichton

3.62

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition o… read more

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"No one escapes from life alive."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch wi…"

-Michael Crichton, Congo

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2. The Eyes of the Dragon

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: 427 pages, Paperback

Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two sons… ​Thus begins one of the most u… read more

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"Never will you talk to me like that again."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"Sleep is often denied to those with secrets."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"A true King would not waste time justifying or explaining. He would simply state his will."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"His rope, his legs, his luck. Either all would hold or all would break, quite possibly at the same time."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

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3. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

By: Aldo Leopold

4.30

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

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4. The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

By: Tim Gallagher

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • ornithology
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
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5. Skysworn (Cradle, #4)

By: Will Wight

3.57

Format: 384 pages,

With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangero… read more

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6. Sphere

By: Michael Crichton

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the … read more

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7. Unsouled (Cradle, #1)

By: Will Wight

4.00

Format: 16 pages,

Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the nat… read more

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8. Blackflame (Cradle, #3)

By: Will Wight

3.77

Format: 352 pages,

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9. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

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10. Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

By: C.J. Box

4.00

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, an… read more

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"Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"I don't know why it is that alcohol and tobacco are now bad, but jolts of caffeine are suddenly good. It is beyond me, and it makes me feel old."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"...sometimes we see things in animals that aren't really there. It's called transference, if that makes any sense. ...I think there are a lot of people who say they do things for animals when they're…"

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

11. Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)

By: Will Wight

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

Outside Sacred Valley, ancient ruins rise from the earth, drawing sacred artists from miles around … read more

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12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. 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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  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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14. 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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  • biology
  • animals
  • 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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15. 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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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
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16. You Have Arrived at Your Destination

By: Amor Towles

3.49

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of th… read more

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17. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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18. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong

4.47

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more

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  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

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19. The Cabin at the End of the World

By: Paul Tremblay

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet N… read more

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"Too many people have smiles that don’t mean what a smile is supposed to mean."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"She juts out her lower jaw, a purposeful imitation of Daddy Eric when she asks him a question with an answer that isn't yes right away, but will be yes eventually if she waits long enough."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"No matter how bleak or dire, end-of-the-world scenarios appeal to us because we take meaning from the end... there's also undeniable allure to witnessing the beginning of the end and perishing alone …"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"They share another long look. This one is reserved for ill-fated observers in the moments before impending, inescapable calamity, whether it be natural disaster or violent failure of humanity; a look…"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

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20. Dreadgod (Cradle, #11)

By: Will Wight

4.64

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The battle in the heavens has left a target on Lindon’s back. His most reliable ally is gone, th… read more

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21. Wintersteel (Cradle, #8)

By: Will Wight

4.70

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

As the Uncrowned King tournament reaches its final rounds, tensions between the competing factions … read more

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22. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

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  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
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23. 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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  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • 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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24. Lovers at the Museum

By: Isabel Allende

3.48

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind Knows My Name comes a mesmerizing tale of tw… read more

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25. Bloodline (Cradle, #9)

By: Will Wight

4.51

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time to go back home. In the years since Lindon left Sacred Valley, he has attained power b… read more

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26. Uncrowned (Cradle, #7)

By: Will Wight

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Emriss Silentborn, Memory of the World. Tiberian Arelius, the fallen Patriarch. Akura Malice, Queen… read more

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27. Underlord (Cradle, #6)

By: Will Wight

4.62

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A tournament approaches. All around the world, great clans and sects prepare their disciples to fi… read more

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28. Waybound (Cradle, #12)

By: Will Wight

4.64

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in the Cradle series! Years ago, Lindon left his home as a powerless Unsouled. No… read more

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29. Reaper (Cradle, #10)

By: Will Wight

4.68

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Sacred Valley has been saved…at least, what’s left of it. With his home finally secure, Lindon d… read more

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"Accepting an unpleasant situation you are powerless to change is not treachery, it is maturity."

-Will Wight, Reaper (Cradle, #10)

"And now he felt the third advancement in him. He almost said the words: I will never stop. But the Archlord revelation was all about his future, and this one wasn't to his liking. So he changed it. "…"

-Will Wight, Reaper (Cradle, #10)

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30. Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

By: Will Wight

4.56

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Long ago, the Monarch Northstrider created a world of his own. This world, known as Ghostwater, ho… read more

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"Truth does not care for your feelings"

-Will Wight, Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)

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31. Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America

By: Pete Dunne

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America’s birds of prey Always a popular grou… read more

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  • nature
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • birds
  • ornithology
  • science

11 Top nonfiction books like Birds Of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne

Transform Your Habits

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

Aldo Leopold

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Tim Gallagher

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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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21 Top fiction books like Uncrowned (Cradle, #7) by Will Wight

Transform Your Habits

Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

Andrew Rowe

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Matt Dinniman

4.53

Transform Your Habits

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

Matt Dinniman

4.70

Transform Your Habits

Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

Matt Dinniman

4.56

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