6 must-read birds books like The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about These Fascinating Birds by John Shewey

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The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about These Fascinating Birds

By: John Shewey

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Captures the spirit and allure of these captivating birds in every fascinating fact, historical ti…

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1. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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2. Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)

By: Nevada Barr

3.83

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Anna Pigeon has fled New York and her memories to find work as a ranger in the country’s national p… read more

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  • animals
  • nature
"Bureaucrats -- monkeys who hear no evil and see no evil -- are first in line for promotion."

-Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)

"...she couldn't decide which was worse: pending alcoholism, or remorseless unrelenting sobriety of the rest of her days."

-Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)

"Trying to second-guess lunatics, drunks, or the Office of Personnel Management was an exercise in frustration. The logic totally eluded her."

-Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)

"From long experience she knew that she wore her loneliness like armor. Very few people ever recognized it for what it was. To the casual observer it looked very much like arrogance. Sometimes it was."

-Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)

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3. Blood Trail (Joe Pickett, #8)

By: C.J. Box

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Joe Pickett novel from #1"New York Times-"bestselling author C.J. Box. Game wardens have found a … read more

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4. In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy matriarch Opal Scarlett vanishes, Joe Pickett is sure one of her greedy sons did her i… read more

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5. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
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6. Coming Home

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanni… read more

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7. The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

By: David Baldacci

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detecti… read more

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8. The Son

By: Philipp Meyer

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic, multigenerational saga of pow… read more

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9. Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

By: C.J. Box

4.67

Format: 360 pages,

Joe Picket returns, this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Deftly plotted and full of… read more

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10. H is for Hawk

By: Helen Macdonald

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more

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11. First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)

By: Darynda Jones

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual. Or a diagram of some kind. A flow char… read more

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12. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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13. 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)

14. Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

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15. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

By: Hunter S. Thompson

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

"California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists w… read more

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16. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incid… read more

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17. Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett, #4)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

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18. Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Game warden Joe Pickett returns in a twisting, action-packed tale of greed, power, and murder. Joe … read more

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19. The Murder Book (Alex Delaware, #16)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the ma… read more

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20. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
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21. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

By: Susan Cain

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bitte… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The place you suffer is the place you care. You hurt because you care. Therefore, the best response to pain is to dive deeper into your caring."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The third answer is the most difficult one to grasp, but it's also the one that can save you. The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its sh…"

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

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22. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Cover of No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz

23. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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24. Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, … read more

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"Let's Taco Bout It"

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"With those outfits, you two do not deserve music."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"One of the hazards of having friends, especially long time ones, is just how well they know you."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"The fifth thing I notice is that I'm noticing a lot of things. So I stop. ... I notice him some more."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

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25. The Clockmaker's Daughter

By: Kate Morton

3.75

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the summer of… read more

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"Being a parent’s a breeze,"

-Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter

"Her curiosity was unquenchable."

-Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter

"Those who seek to know gossip will hear ill about themselves."

-Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter

"No matter what evil might come one's way to be loved is to be protected."

-Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter

Cover of Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6) by Ellery Adams

26. Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6)

By: Ellery Adams

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mystery with a touch of magical realism and a … read more

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27. Crow Talk

By: Eileen Garvin

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hop… read more

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  • birds
  • animals
  • nature
Cover of The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings by Sy Montgomery

28. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

By: Sy Montgomery

4.14

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are cap… read more

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  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
Cover of Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are by Heather   Wolf

29. Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are

By: Heather Wolf

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“Packed with excellent photos and tips, deeply relatable anecdotes, and a palpable sense of joy, th… read more

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  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
"Not all birds need fresh water to drink . . . gulls and albatross have salt glands that allow them to drink seawater and expel the salt."

-Heather Wolf, Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are

"Not all birds need fresh water to drink. Some can stay hydrated through their food. Desert-dwelling Black-throated Sparrows, for example, obtain water from their diet of juicy insects and succulents.…"

-Heather Wolf, Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are

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30. The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

By: Deborah Harkness

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly ant… read more

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"Kümmere dich um deine eignen Wünsche und Bedürfnisse." S. 222"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

"Sehnsucht spornt mich an, Furcht bremst mich ... Was für ein Weg, gerade oder krumm, wird mir Frieden geben und mich erlösen?" S 414 f"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

"Du musst ihr [der Dunkelheit] die Stirn bieten ... Schau ihr ins Auge, ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken. Die Dunkelheit ist von einer verschlagenen Tücke und du darfst nicht zulassen, dass sie deine Sch…"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

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31. The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about These Fascinating Birds

By: John Shewey

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Captures the spirit and allure of these captivating birds in every fascinating fact, historical ti… read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature

9 must-read nonfiction books like The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about These Fascinating Birds by John Shewey

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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

4.05

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

4.33

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The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

3.98

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

3.72

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3.99

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Charles Duhigg

4.05

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