I love a non-fiction book that can be educational and entertaining. Mary Roach comes to mind but can be a little drier. Topic surrounding the history of plants.
Maybe Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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The drunken botanist by Amy Steward
Goes through different plants and the history of people turning them into booze.
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*Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures* by Merlin Sheldrake
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I really liked The Hidden Life of Trees
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“The Ghosts of Evolution” by Connie Barlow is about anachronistic features on plants, things that drain energy and seemingly make it HARDER to survive because they evolved to interact with extinct animals. Barlow does a good job showing how a regular person can notice these patterns and run fun little experiments (leave collected fruits outside, see if anything eats it! Carry seed pods and see if they stick to road kill!). When people talk about how avocados evolved to be dispensed by giant sloths, this is what they’re talking about.
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The Botany of Desire
Maybe Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The drunken botanist by Amy Steward
Goes through different plants and the history of people turning them into booze.
*Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures* by Merlin Sheldrake
I really liked The Hidden Life of Trees
“The Ghosts of Evolution” by Connie Barlow is about anachronistic features on plants, things that drain energy and seemingly make it HARDER to survive because they evolved to interact with extinct animals. Barlow does a good job showing how a regular person can notice these patterns and run fun little experiments (leave collected fruits outside, see if anything eats it! Carry seed pods and see if they stick to road kill!). When people talk about how avocados evolved to be dispensed by giant sloths, this is what they’re talking about.