5 Best animals books like What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer" by Steve Searles

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What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer"

By: Steve Searles

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of how one man went from a hired hunter to becoming one of America’s top champ…

If you liked the animals plot in What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer" by Steve Searles , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Mozart's Starling

By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt

4.10

Format: 271 pages, ebook

A charming story of Mozart and his pet starling, along with a natural history of the bird. On May 2… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • animals
  • nature
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2. Slay Ride

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--Investigator… read more

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3. Mexico

By: James A. Michener

3.86

Format: 258 pages,

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4. Arthur: The dog who crossed the jungle to find a home

By: Mikael Lindnord

3.37

Format: 395 pages,

When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing yo… read more

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5. Guide to Troubled Birds

By: Matt Adrian

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An illustrated pocket field guide that enables anyone to quickly identify psychotic, violent or men… read more

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6. 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
  • biography
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7. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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9. Lucky

By: Jane Smiley

3.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musicia… read more

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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
"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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11. Erebus: The Story of a Ship

By: Michael Palin

4.29

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nature
"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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13. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets by Annie England Noblin

14. St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets

By: Annie England Noblin

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

If you love Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, you won’t want to miss this new novel of second chances… read more

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  • animals
Cover of My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

15. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs

16. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

17. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit by Antonia Fraser

18. Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit

By: Antonia Fraser

3.73

Format: 224 pages, ebook

The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron ove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Entitlement

By: Rumaan Alam

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more

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20. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer"

By: Steve Searles

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of how one man went from a hired hunter to becoming one of America’s top champ… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature

14 Best nonfiction books like What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer" by Steve Searles

Transform Your Habits

Mozart's Starling

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

4.10

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

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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