2024 NPL Amazing Book Challenge - hosted by mandurpandur

Our Planet
Our planet is pretty amazing! Dive into our incredible “blue planet” and celebrate the connection between plants, animals, and people.
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell

291 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism sociology funny informative reflective medium-paced
Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians by William McKeever

Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

William McKeever

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction nature science challenging informative medium-paced
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA by Neil Shubin

Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA

Neil Shubin

432 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

Andrew H. Knoll

260 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America by John Dvorak

How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America

John Dvorak

304 pages • 2021

informative reflective slow-paced
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

Simon Winchester

329 pages • paperback • 2001

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking our Relationship with Earth's Natural Resources by David Howe

Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking our Relationship with Earth's Natural Resources

David Howe

288 pages • paperback • 2021

challenging informative medium-paced
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs by Peter Wohlleben

The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs

Peter Wohlleben

176 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life by Brenda Maddox

Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life

Brenda Maddox

272 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history science informative inspiring slow-paced
The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben

The Inner Life of Animals

The Mysteries of Nature Series #2

Peter Wohlleben

7 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced