Favorite Animal Non-Fiction

List of the Month
February 2024 (see all)
Description
The mind of the raven, the voyage of the turtle... the weeping of the elephant, the spell of the tiger: there is so much to learn about the animals that share our planet! Our List of the Month this February is devoted to our favorite non-fiction works about animals. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme, and are either not about animals, or not non-fiction.
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3,081 members
131 reviews
3.8
24 Members
lorax, Bookmarque, autumnesf, Storeetllr, jeshakespeare, claire.rivers, lizzy50usa, CoriatLib, Heather39, zooeybat, carterepstein, PrueGallagher, Lisa_Francine, maschi, CharlesTheB, HH_Library, Charon07, auldhouse, tokenn, baronvoncoolio, roxrosengarten, bookmelon, azzouzi, guemesgirl
Explanations
jeshakespeare: I have read this book and found it fascinating! It was a library signed copy too which helped me bond with the author at the time.
auldhouse: So much to learn about Octopuses! (And yes, as Montgomery explains it is Octopuses not Octopi).
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5,926 members
178 reviews
4.2
5
4,411 members
87 reviews
½ 4.3
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5,236 members
303 reviews
3.8
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3,037 members
66 reviews
4.1
13 Members
tardis, aprille, hipdeep, jjmcgaffey, marc.slingerland, RBeffa, Lisa_Francine, mombot, Stan47, roxrosengarten, sheabird, guemesgirl, GMbooks,
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Stan47: In addition to the observations about wolves, the books is a hilarious commentary on the foibles of the Canadian provincial government at that time.
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1,574 members
108 reviews
4.2
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1,383 members
24 reviews
4
12 Members
Aquila, Silver, tardis, victoriapeak, PeggyDean, birder4106, perennialreader, ahef1963, SusanBraxton, Hope_H, Lisa_Francine, MauroFrancesco
Explanations
birder4106: Wahrscheinlich das erste Tierbuch für Erwachsene, welches ich gelesen habe.
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1,692 members
57 reviews
4
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16,560 members
133 reviews
4.1
9 Members
wester, FAMeulstee, masterdeski, birder4106, peterveen, catherine_raven, tokenn, baronvoncoolio, guemesgirl
Explanations
birder4106: Für mich ein richtungsweisendes Buch der Naturgeschichte. Dazu gehört meiner Meinung nach auch die würdigung von Alfred Russel Wallace zum gleichen Thema. Und natürlich das Buch "Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane" von Alfred Wegener.
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1,350 members
55 reviews
3.9
17
12,355 members
389 reviews
4
21
8,656 members
159 reviews
4.2
23
1,936 members
41 reviews
4.2
24
1,061 members
21 reviews
4.1
25
4,918 members
44 reviews
4.2
26
19 members
1 review
½ 4.5
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969 members
19 reviews
4.1
28
3,068 members
55 reviews
4
29
156 members
2 reviews
4
30
606 members
40 reviews
4.2
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840 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
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661 members
7 reviews
½ 4.3
33
5,516 members
58 reviews
½ 4.3
34
237 members
7 reviews
4.1
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1,478 members
33 reviews
½ 3.6
37
813 members
13 reviews
½ 4.3
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402 members
11 reviews
4.2
39
1,400 members
23 reviews
4
3 Members
Pebblesgmc, TeresaBlock, Stan47
Explanations
Stan47: I read this book as a kid, in the Reader's Digest. When I read the complete book as a senior citizen, it was even better than I'd remembered.
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38 members
2 reviews
3.9
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1,190 members
37 reviews
4.2
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2,989 members
323 reviews
½ 4.5
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634 members
7 reviews
3.8
45
132 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
msjudy, Tosta, Qshaden
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811 members
10 reviews
½ 4.5
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496 members
20 reviews
4
50
347 members
25 reviews
4.1
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775 members
40 reviews
4
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481 members
23 reviews
3.8
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119 members
8 reviews
½ 4.4
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2,954 members
80 reviews
3.9
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231 members
15 reviews
½ 4.3
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593 members
22 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Tess_W, maschi
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943 members
31 reviews
3.8
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21 members
4
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13 members
4.1
2 Members
FAMeulstee, EMS_24
Explanations
EMS_24: The Raven
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2,395 members
62 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
hipdeep, rarm
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326 members
36 reviews
4.1
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1,791 members
93 reviews
3.9
2 Members
RBeffa, vwinsloe
Explanations
vwinsloe: Cats know.
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1,179 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
saskia17, mombot
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880 members
131 reviews
3.8
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598 members
15 reviews
4.2
68
21 members
2 Members
gentcat, Rommert
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698 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elenchus, susanbooks,Aug3Zimm
Explanations
susanbooks: Books about veganism & its philosophical underpinnings are most certainly about animals. What don’t vegans eat? These books talk about why.
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542 members
17 reviews
4.1
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545 members
9 reviews
3.8
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1,144 members
37 reviews
4.2
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76 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Tess_W, itstheblob
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101 members
4.1
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742 members
2 reviews
4
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349 members
13 reviews
3.8
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282 members
22 reviews
4.2
2 Members
PeggyDean, navelos
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1,473 members
74 reviews
4
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334 members
67 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
terran, PeggyDean
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388 members
18 reviews
4.1
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1,049 members
6 reviews
½ 4.4
82
463 members
20 reviews
3.8
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1,290 members
11 reviews
3.9
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212 members
7 reviews
3.9
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466 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus,itstheblob
Explanations
paradoxosalpha: Chapters delve into the relations between humans and specific animal species: notably pigeons, squid, horses, and butterflies. It is so a book about animals, including human animals.
itstheblob : This looks like it's primarily a sociological or philosophical work moreso than an animal book- at least that's what I'm understanding from the description and tags...
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9,625 members
234 reviews
4
2 Members
msjudy, Stan47
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399 members
19 reviews
4
89
6,332 members
51 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, msjudy
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480 members
42 reviews
4
2 Members
PeggyDean, al.vick
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966 members
47 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
vwinsloe, LibraryCin
Explanations
vwinsloe: Deepens one's understanding of the intelligence of elephants as emotional beings.
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944 members
39 reviews
4
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521 members
9 reviews
4.2
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96 members
1 review
3.8
2 Members
Aquila, LibraryCin
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492 members
10 reviews
3.9
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984 members
12 reviews
4.2
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590 members
11 reviews
3.9
99
291 members
17 reviews
4.1