9 must-read nonfiction books like Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank by John Lister-Kaye

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Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank

By: John Lister-Kaye

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The elusive lives of otters, beavers, badgers, weasels and more are rendered in John Lister-Kaye's …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank by John Lister-Kaye , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Nameless City

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.62

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first publishe… read more

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"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"But as always in my strange and roving existence, wonder soon drove out fear; for the luminous abyss and what it might contain presented a problem worthy of the greatest explorer."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corps…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

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2. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

By: Shaun Bythell

3.72

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more

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  • nonfiction
"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

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3. The Picture in the House

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.50

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

The Picture in the House by Howard Phillips Lovecraft read more

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4. The Festival

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the Jan… read more

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5. The Rats in the Walls

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Written in August-September 1923, it wa… read more

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6. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

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7. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)

By: Shaun Bythell

4.11

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one vo… read more

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9. The Last Witch of Scotland

By: Philip Paris

3.95

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more

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10. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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11. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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12. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

By: David Attenborough

4.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

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13. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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14. Hotel Milano

By: Tim Parks

3.50

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the firs… read more

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15. Cairn

By: Kathleen Jamie

4.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Cairn: A marker on open land, a memorial, a viewpoint shared by strangers. For the last five yea… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • natural history
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16. The Ghost Cat

By: Alex Howard

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time , following a cat thr… read more

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17. Late Light: Finding Home in the West Country

By: Michael Malay

4.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This is a book about falling in love with vanishing things Late Light is the story of Michael … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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18. Music to Eat Cake By: Essays on Birds, Words and Everything in Between

By: Lev Parikian

4.23

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Today's reader has choices: books about love, about life, about death - and everything in between. … read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank

By: John Lister-Kaye

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The elusive lives of otters, beavers, badgers, weasels and more are rendered in John Lister-Kaye's … read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • natural history
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20. Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The lost history of wolves in Britain and the myths and stories that surround them

By: Derek Gow

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"[Derek Gow is] a wry, profane truth teller who is equal parts yeoman farmer, historical ecologist,… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • natural history
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21. Wild Winter: In Search of Nature in Scotland's Mountain Landscape

By: John D. Burns

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In Wild Winter, John D. Burns, bestselling author of The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales, sets out … read more

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Christian Lewis

4.40

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David Attenborough

4.51

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Kathleen Jamie

4.34

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Michael Malay

4.40

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Nina Stibbe

3.66

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Bob Mortimer

4.33

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Anna Funder

4.13

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Chris Broad

4.18

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