Hi all, I enjoyed my read of “Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake. I’m wondering if anyone has recommendations for books that are similar in that they are non-fiction deep dives into the natural world (could be on land, sea, or space). Thanks everyone!
by No-Marionberry-2097
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How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan delves into the natural history, social history, scientific research, experience of, and potential applications of psychedelics (so a little bit of overlap with Sheldrake). He also wrote The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which is a deep dive into the food industry supply chain in America.
Robert Macfarlane is a great nature writer. Underland explores both manmade and natural worlds of the soil and underground, while Landmarks is about the way nature writers and literary authors have engaged with landscape and natural habitats (particularly emphasising the UK).
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a forensic examination of how humanity is perpetuating a mass extinction in real time, and the history of our understanding of extinction.
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn is an exploration of damaged environments and how nature can recover in the face of human pollution.
A little out of the range of your request perhaps, but Spillover by David Quammen is a fascinating deep dive into zoonotic viruses and pandemics (written before Covid but almost predicts it).
Another: This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein is a deep dive into the insidious actions of corporations who have tried to stifle efforts to curb the climate crisis, so not nature writing so much as “who are the people responsible for damaging nature?”