6 best-selling science books like The Hidden Histories of Houseplants: Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants by Maddie Bailey

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The Hidden Histories of Houseplants: Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants

By: Maddie Bailey

3.69

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores 20 of the world's most common houseplants. This book …

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1. No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, T… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"The most effective way to show compassion to another is to listen, rather than talk."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tende…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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2. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

By: Scott S. Greenberger

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Spell on Wheels, Vol. 1

By: Kate Leth , Nate Piekos , Megan Levens , None , Marissa Louise

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Three young witches head out on an East Coast road trip to retrieve their stolen belongings and tra… read more

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4. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

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"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

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5. A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the hi… read more

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6. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

By: Michael Pollan

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee coll… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"Memory is the enemy of wonder"

-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

"For great many species today, “fitness"

-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

"The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory."

-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

"It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins."

-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

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7. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

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8. In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees)

By: Matt Candeias

4.17

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

“Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ― James T. Costa , Ph… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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9. Clash (Click #4)

By: Kayla Miller

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Olive, meet Natasha.There’s a new kid in town! From the moment Natasha sets foot in class, it’s cle… read more

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10. Camp (Click #2)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Olive and Willow are happy campers!Or are they?   Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer… read more

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11. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

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12. Act (Click #3)

By: Kayla Miller

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you?    Olive is excited to st… read more

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13. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

By: Josiah Bancroft

3.82

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more

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"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

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14. Suddenly a Murder

By: Lauren Muñoz

3.65

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. On… read more

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"He’s a Darcy in the streets but a Wickham in the sheets."

-Lauren Muñoz, Suddenly a Murder

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15. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

By: Mary-Frances O'Connor

4.19

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"In humans as well, it is because your loved one existed that certain neurons fire together and certain proteins are folded in your brain in particular ways. It is because your loved one lived, and be…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

"Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your unde…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

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16. The Boy and the Dog

By: Seishū Hase

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owne… read more

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"And yet, Yaichi was well aware that dogs had a special relationship to humans. Maybe it was God who sent them, or maybe Buddha. Who knew? But he knew they had been dispatched for the benefit of our f…"

-Seishū Hase, The Boy and the Dog

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17. Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies

By: Rebecca Beyer

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Learn how to cultivate your own magical garden, begin your journey with folk herbalism, and awaken … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"…it can be helpful to think of herbalism in America as a stool with three legs; one Indigenous, one African, and one European."

-Rebecca Beyer, Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies

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18. Winter Counts

By: David Heska Wanbli Weiden

3.84

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dange… read more

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"There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me la…"

-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts

"But as I thought about it, I liked the idea more and more. Depredation claims. If something was stolen from you, all you had to do was file a claim and your losses would be restored. How about a depr…"

-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts

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19. Crunch (Click #5)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kayla Miller, the  New York Times  bestselling author-illustrator of  Click ,  Camp , Act , and Cla… read more

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20. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

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"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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21. The Curious Secrets of Yesterday

By: Namrata Patel

4.02

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s ambitions clash with familial expectations in a captivating novel about generational secr… read more

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22. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

By: Deena Kastor

4.36

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more

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  • nonfiction
"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

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23. The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family

By: Darryl Cheng

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

The creator of Instagram’s House Plant Journal mixes love with scientific logic in this beautifully… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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24. Hilma af Klint: A Biography

By: Julia Voss

4.29

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

A highly anticipated biography of the enigmatic and popular Swedish painter.   The Swedish painter … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more

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26. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging

By: Jessica J. Lee

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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27. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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28. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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29. How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart

By: Summer Rayne Oakes

3.55

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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30. The Hidden Histories of Houseplants: Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants

By: Maddie Bailey

3.69

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores 20 of the world's most common houseplants. This book … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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31. The Bog Wife

By: Kay Chronister

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more

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12 best-selling nonfiction books like The Hidden Histories of Houseplants: Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants by Maddie Bailey

Transform Your Habits

No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

Scott S. Greenberger

3.42

Transform Your Habits

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Michael Pollan

4.06

Transform Your Habits

In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees)

Matt Candeias

4.17

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27 best-selling nonfiction books like The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family by Darryl Cheng

Transform Your Habits

Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants

Igor Josifovic , Judith De Graaff

3.94

Transform Your Habits

All New Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew

4.15

Transform Your Habits

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

Veronica Peerless

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

Peter D'Amato

4.50

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