6 must-read nonfiction books like Shapeshifters: The Wondrous World of Jellyfish by Lisa-Ann Gershwin

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Shapeshifters: The Wondrous World of Jellyfish

By: Lisa-Ann Gershwin

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Wondrous World of Jellyfish is a breathtaking collection of photographs and expert commentary …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Shapeshifters: The Wondrous World of Jellyfish by Lisa-Ann Gershwin , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. If I Was Your Girl

By: Meredith Russo

3.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A new kind of big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new gi… read more

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2. Nature Anatomy

By: Julia Rothman

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

See the world in a new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman celebrates the diverse curiosities … read more

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3. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

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"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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4. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more

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  • nonfiction
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."

-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

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5. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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6. The Door-to-Door Bookstore

By: Carsten Henn

4.14

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

The charming international bestseller about an elderly bookseller who delivers his recommendations … read more

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"If you can tell when a book is good, why don’t you write one yourself?"

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"You need to read more. It makes the brain flexible, so that anything can fit into it."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"She didn't need to believe in God; it was entirely sufficient that God believed in her."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"It has been said that books find their own readers—but sometimes they need someone to show them the way."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

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7. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

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"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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8. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

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"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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9. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

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"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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10. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

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11. Roman Stories

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more

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12. Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more

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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

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13. Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2)

By: Haley Newsome

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Based on the hit webcomic, Unfamiliar Volume 2  continues the exciting witchy adventures of Planche… read more

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14. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

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15. Hex

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo an… read more

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"A magia existe nas mentes daqueles que acreditam nela, não em sua verdadeira influência sobre a realidade."

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex

"This is all it takes for people to plunge into insanity: one night alone with themselves and what they fear the most."

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex

"People desperately resisted the idea of their own death by looking away for as long as they could and avoiding the subject."

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex

"The events of the past days began to come back to him now, slow and fragmented, like pieces of driftwood washing ashore in the aftermath of a shipwreck."

-Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex

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16. How to Be Eaten

By: Maria Adelmann

3.60

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in… read more

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"But something changes after tragedy,"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"What if, for some of us, moving on involves finding good in the bad? Or being thankful for how we changed? That doesn't mean we wished it to happen."

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"Maybe just don't leave the house at all", Gretel pipes in. "Maybe stay home". "But isn't that where accidents happen?" says Ashlee. "So lock all of the doors", says Ruby. "Doesn't always help", says …"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

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17. The White Darkness

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrill… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley"

-David Grann, The White Darkness

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18. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

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  • nonfiction
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

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19. And Put Away Childish Things

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bodie’s been called into the delightful fantasy world of his grandmother’s beloved children’s… read more

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"Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Ah, yes, hindsight, always my weapon of choice."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Sometimes there's a place where fiction and reality meet. Folklore, myth, you know."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

"Sometimes a wardrobe is just a wardrobe. Sometimes books are just books. That's why we call it fiction."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, And Put Away Childish Things

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20. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

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  • nonfiction
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

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21. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

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"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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22. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

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"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

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23. Catfish Rolling

By: Clara Kumagai

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time a… read more

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24. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

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25. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

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"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

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26. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

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Cover of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin   Stevenson

27. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

4.30

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita… read more

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28. Five-Star Stranger

By: Kat Tang

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Kat Tang’s exciting and resonant debut, a “Rental Stranger”—a companion hired under various guis… read more

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29. Shapeshifters: The Wondrous World of Jellyfish

By: Lisa-Ann Gershwin

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Wondrous World of Jellyfish is a breathtaking collection of photographs and expert commentary … read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Octopus, Seahorse, Jellyfish

By: David Liittschwager

4.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this mesmerizing book of photography, acclaimed photographer David Liittschwager reveals the unn… read more

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  • nonfiction

20 best-selling fiction books like Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart

Transform Your Habits

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

Transform Your Habits

If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

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Paul Tremblay

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Tell Me Who You Are

Louisa Luna

3.57

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