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El gato que decía adiós

by Hiro Arikawa • 2021

Across Japan, stray cats find homes and teach their families how to say goodbye.

3.89

10k+

🐱 Japanese Cat Fiction 🔗 Linked Stories 🏠 Cats As Family 💛 Found Family 💔 Pet Loss Grief

El gato que decía adiós

Across Japan, stray cats find homes and teach their families how to say goodbye.

by Hiro Arikawa 2021 256 pages

3.89

10k+ ratings

🐱 Japanese Cat Fiction 🔗 Linked Stories 🏠 Cats As Family 💛 Found Family 💔 Pet Loss Grief

Life Everlasting

by Bernd Heinrich • 2012

A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.

3.98

1k+

🪰 Animal Decomposition ♻️ Nutrient Cycling 🔬 Field Biology 🌿 Modern Naturalism 🌍 Ecological Philosophy

Life Everlasting

A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.

by Bernd Heinrich 2012 256 pages

3.98

1k+ ratings

🪰 Animal Decomposition ♻️ Nutrient Cycling 🔬 Field Biology 🌿 Modern Naturalism 🌍 Ecological Philosophy

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013 528 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

Give a Sh*t

by Ashlee Piper • 2018

Eating more plants and buying less stuff: the planet-saving habits that also save you thousands.

4.15

500+

🌱 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumption 🥬 Plant-Based Eating ♻️ Low-Waste Living 🌍 Climate Action

Give a Sh*t

Eating more plants and buying less stuff: the planet-saving habits that also save you thousands.

by Ashlee Piper 2018 304 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Living 🛒 Conscious Consumption 🥬 Plant-Based Eating ♻️ Low-Waste Living 🌍 Climate Action

The Mammoth Hunters

by Jean M. Auel • 1985

With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.

3.96

78k+

🦣 Prehistoric Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🐺 Animal Companions ❄️ Ice Age Europe

The Mammoth Hunters

With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.

by Jean M. Auel 1985 688 pages

3.96

78k+ ratings

🦣 Prehistoric Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🐺 Animal Companions ❄️ Ice Age Europe

A False Start

by Elsie Silver • 2022

Her brother's best friend kissed her once and walked away. Now he's the cowboy she can't avoid.

4.11

100k+

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery

A False Start

Her brother's best friend kissed her once and walked away. Now he's the cowboy she can't avoid.

by Elsie Silver 2022 432 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Domesticated

by Richard C. Francis • 2015

Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.

3.98

500+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐄 Domestication Science 🏗️ Niche Construction 🧠 Self Domestication 🧪 Evo Devo

Domesticated

Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.

by Richard C. Francis 2015 498 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐄 Domestication Science 🏗️ Niche Construction 🧠 Self Domestication 🧪 Evo Devo

West with Giraffes

by Lynda Rutledge • 2021

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

4.32

200k+

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 👴 Grumpy Mentor 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

West with Giraffes

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

by Lynda Rutledge 2021 346 pages

4.32

200k+ ratings

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 👴 Grumpy Mentor 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Two Dogs and a Parrot

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015 192 pages

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks

by Gail Damerow • 2013

Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.

4.34

142

🐔 Poultry Keeping 🐄 Animal Husbandry 🏡 Homesteading Skills 🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks

Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.

by Gail Damerow 2013 240 pages

4.34

142 ratings

🐔 Poultry Keeping 🐄 Animal Husbandry 🏡 Homesteading Skills 🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

2k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019 304 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

One Bird's Choice

by Iain Reid • 2010

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

3.74

461

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

One Bird's Choice

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

by Iain Reid 2010 264 pages

3.74

461 ratings

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

Dinosaurs

by David E. Fastovsky • 2009

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

4.21

193

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🌿 Phylogeny

Dinosaurs

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

by David E. Fastovsky 2009 394 pages

4.21

193 ratings

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🌿 Phylogeny

Die Rückeroberung

by Franz Hohler • 1982

A golden eagle on a Zurich rooftop cracks urban order open in these surreal, unsettling stories.

3.72

124

🌿 Nature Horror 🏢 Urban Collapse 🎭 Absurdist Fiction 🧩 Fractured Selves 🧠 Obsessive Control

Die Rückeroberung

A golden eagle on a Zurich rooftop cracks urban order open in these surreal, unsettling stories.

by Franz Hohler 1982

3.72

124 ratings

🌿 Nature Horror 🏢 Urban Collapse 🎭 Absurdist Fiction 🧩 Fractured Selves 🧠 Obsessive Control

The Valley of Horses

by Jean M. Auel • 1982

An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.

4.05

96k+

🏺 Prehistoric Fiction ❄️ Ice Age Europe 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🐴 Animal Companionship 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Valley of Horses

An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.

by Jean M. Auel 1982 564 pages

4.05

96k+ ratings

🏺 Prehistoric Fiction ❄️ Ice Age Europe 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🐴 Animal Companionship 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Egg Cookbook

by Healdsburg Press • 2014

The egg cookbook that starts in the coop: choosing the best eggs, then every technique they deserve.

3.93

107

🥚 Egg Cookery 🌿 Farm-To-Table Cooking 🐔 Backyard Chickens 🔪 Cooking Techniques 🍳 Comfort Food

The Egg Cookbook

The egg cookbook that starts in the coop: choosing the best eggs, then every technique they deserve.

by Healdsburg Press 2014 216 pages

3.93

107 ratings

🥚 Egg Cookery 🌿 Farm-To-Table Cooking 🐔 Backyard Chickens 🔪 Cooking Techniques 🍳 Comfort Food

92 Pacific Boulevard

by Debbie Macomber • 2006

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

4.15

10k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family

92 Pacific Boulevard

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

by Debbie Macomber 2006 11 pages

4.15

10k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family

The Plains of Passage

by Jean M. Auel • 1990

An Ice Age healer treks west with her lover, braving glaciers and hostile clans, seeking home.

3.86

62k+

🧊 Ice Age Journey 🏺 Prehistoric Epic 💕 Journey Romance 🐺 Human Animal Bond 🌏 Cultural Outsider

The Plains of Passage

An Ice Age healer treks west with her lover, braving glaciers and hostile clans, seeking home.

by Jean M. Auel 1990 784 pages

3.86

62k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Age Journey 🏺 Prehistoric Epic 💕 Journey Romance 🐺 Human Animal Bond 🌏 Cultural Outsider

Relaxed & Forward

by Anna Blake • 2016

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

4.55

128

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

Relaxed & Forward

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

by Anna Blake 2016 308 pages

4.55

128 ratings

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

On Looking

by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

3.51

5k+

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🎯 Selective Attention

On Looking

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

by Alexandra Horowitz 2013 308 pages

3.51

5k+ ratings

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🎯 Selective Attention

Chimpanzee Politics

by Frans de Waal • 1982

A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.

4.27

2k+

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Alliances 👑 Dominance Hierarchies

Chimpanzee Politics

A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.

by Frans de Waal 1982 256 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Alliances 👑 Dominance Hierarchies

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021 304 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

The Cheese Trap

by Neal D. Barnard • 1992

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

4.14

1k+

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

The Cheese Trap

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

by Neal D. Barnard 1992 320 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George • 1959

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

4.10

86k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

My Side of the Mountain

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

by Jean Craighead George 1959 177 pages

4.10

86k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure 🌲 Treehouse Living ⛰️ Mountain Living

Three Bags Full

by Leonie Swann • 2005

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

3.55

27k+

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths 🏘️ Village Secrets 💕 Found Family

Three Bags Full

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

by Leonie Swann 2005 384 pages

3.55

27k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths 🏘️ Village Secrets 💕 Found Family

Coyote America

by Dan Flores • 2016

America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.

4.08

7k+

🐺 Animal Histories 🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation 🏙️ Urban Ecology ⚡ Human-Wildlife Conflict 🎭 Trickster Mythology

Coyote America

America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.

by Dan Flores 2016 271 pages

4.08

7k+ ratings

🐺 Animal Histories 🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation 🏙️ Urban Ecology ⚡ Human-Wildlife Conflict 🎭 Trickster Mythology

Vanishing Treasures

by Katherine Rundell • 2024

Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.

4.15

4k+

🦏 Endangered Species 📖 Natural History 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 🌍 Climate Crisis

Vanishing Treasures

Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.

by Katherine Rundell 2024 224 pages

4.15

4k+ ratings

🦏 Endangered Species 📖 Natural History 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 🌍 Climate Crisis

Equitation Science

by Paul McGreevy • 2010

Pressure and release, reward and consequence: the science of animal learning applied to every ride.

4.72

🏇 Equine Training 🐴 Horse Behavior 📚 Learning Theory 🔄 Operant Conditioning ❤️ Animal Welfare

Equitation Science

Pressure and release, reward and consequence: the science of animal learning applied to every ride.

by Paul McGreevy 2010 326 pages

4.72

32 ratings

🏇 Equine Training 🐴 Horse Behavior 📚 Learning Theory 🔄 Operant Conditioning ❤️ Animal Welfare

A Good Animal

by Sara Maurer • 2026

First love on a Michigan sheep farm ends in a pregnancy with no safe way out.

3.56

7k+

🏡 Rural Coming Of Age 🐏 Sheep Farming 💔 First Love 🤰 Teen Pregnancy ⚕️ Abortion Fiction

A Good Animal

First love on a Michigan sheep farm ends in a pregnancy with no safe way out.

by Sara Maurer 2026 288 pages

3.56

7k+ ratings

🏡 Rural Coming Of Age 🐏 Sheep Farming 💔 First Love 🤰 Teen Pregnancy ⚕️ Abortion Fiction

Crown of Feathers

by Nicki Pau Preto • 2019

After her sister kills her phoenix, she disguises as a boy to join the Phoenix Riders.

4.10

12k+

🪄 Animal Magic 🐦‍🔥 Phoenixes 👯‍♀️ Toxic Sisterhood 🎭 Disguised Identity 🏡 Found Family

Crown of Feathers

After her sister kills her phoenix, she disguises as a boy to join the Phoenix Riders.

by Nicki Pau Preto 2019 496 pages

4.10

12k+ ratings

🪄 Animal Magic 🐦‍🔥 Phoenixes 👯‍♀️ Toxic Sisterhood 🎭 Disguised Identity 🏡 Found Family

Death of a Racehorse

by Katie Bo Lillis • 2025

When 42 horses died at one track in six months, the FBI was already listening.

4.09

186

🏇 Horse Racing 💉 Doping In Sports 🐴 Animal Welfare 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

Death of a Racehorse

When 42 horses died at one track in six months, the FBI was already listening.

by Katie Bo Lillis 2025 384 pages

4.09

186 ratings

🏇 Horse Racing 💉 Doping In Sports 🐴 Animal Welfare 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

by Syou Ishida • 2023

A hidden Kyoto clinic prescribes cats to the soul-weary. The cats heal what no doctor could name.

3.77

55k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🐱 Cats As Therapy 🏠 Found Family 💼 Toxic Workplace 🇯🇵 Contemporary Japan

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

A hidden Kyoto clinic prescribes cats to the soul-weary. The cats heal what no doctor could name.

by Syou Ishida 2023 297 pages

3.77

55k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🐱 Cats As Therapy 🏠 Found Family 💼 Toxic Workplace 🇯🇵 Contemporary Japan

The Sea Around Us

by Rachel Carson • 1951

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

4.17

5k+

🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea 🌡️ Climate Science 🍃 Nature Writing

The Sea Around Us

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

by Rachel Carson 1951 288 pages

4.17

5k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea 🌡️ Climate Science 🍃 Nature Writing

Minecraft

by Mojang AB • 2017

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

4.56

387

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

Minecraft

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

by Mojang AB 2017 104 pages

4.56

387 ratings

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

The Underworld

by Susan Casey • 2023

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

4.22

4k+

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism 🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems 🌎 Climate Change

The Underworld

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

by Susan Casey 2023 352 pages

4.22

4k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism 🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems 🌎 Climate Change

I Am a Cat

by Natsume Sōseki • 1906

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

3.66

18k+

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🏠 Domestic Comedy

I Am a Cat

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

by Natsume Sōseki 1906 470 pages

3.66

18k+ ratings

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🏠 Domestic Comedy

Ocean

by David Attenborough • 2025

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

4.42

3k+

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🦑 Deep Sea ❄️ Arctic Ecology

Ocean

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

by David Attenborough 2025 400 pages

4.42

3k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🦑 Deep Sea ❄️ Arctic Ecology

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Huckleberry Lake

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019 560 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Science of Consequences

by Susan M. Schneider • 2012

Pigeons learning, genes activating, societies changing: one set of rules governs them all.

4.02

280

🧠 Behaviorism 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔗 Neuroplasticity 🐕 Animal Training 🧩 Applied Behavior Analysis

Science of Consequences

Pigeons learning, genes activating, societies changing: one set of rules governs them all.

by Susan M. Schneider 2012 384 pages

4.02

280 ratings

🧠 Behaviorism 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔗 Neuroplasticity 🐕 Animal Training 🧩 Applied Behavior Analysis

Ein Mädchen namens Willow

by Sabine Bohlmann • 2020

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

4.23

500+

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

Ein Mädchen namens Willow

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

by Sabine Bohlmann 2020 256 pages

4.23

500+ ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2017

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

3.92

25k+

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Hello, Universe

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 320 pages

3.92

25k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

My Ishmael

by Daniel Quinn • 1997

A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.

4.11

10k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏛️ Socratic Dialogue 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🦍 Talking Animal Mentor 🏙️ Civilization Critique

My Ishmael

A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.

by Daniel Quinn 1997 293 pages

4.11

10k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏛️ Socratic Dialogue 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🦍 Talking Animal Mentor 🏙️ Civilization Critique

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole

by Hans Olav Thyvold • 2017

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

3.49

500+

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond 🖤 Bittersweet 😏 Wry Humor

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

by Hans Olav Thyvold 2017 307 pages

3.49

500+ ratings

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond 🖤 Bittersweet 😏 Wry Humor

Animal Architects

by James L. Gould • 2007

From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.

3.90

🧠 Animal Cognition 🐾 Ethology 🏗️ Animal Architecture 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕊️ Cognitive Ethology

Animal Architects

From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.

by James L. Gould 2007 336 pages

3.90

89 ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🐾 Ethology 🏗️ Animal Architecture 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕊️ Cognitive Ethology

One Man's Wilderness

by Sam Keith • 1973

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

4.37

9k+

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters 🏕️ Alaskan Frontier 🪵 Homesteading Memoir

One Man's Wilderness

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

by Sam Keith 1973 223 pages

4.37

9k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters 🏕️ Alaskan Frontier 🪵 Homesteading Memoir

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

8k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998 160 pages

4.18

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Reborn on the Run

by Catra Corbett • 2018

Meth destroyed her life. She rebuilt it on the trail, one ultra at a time.

3.85

1k+

📖 Addiction Memoir 👟 Ultrarunning 🤝 Found Family 🌲 Nature As Healer 💔 Childhood Trauma

Reborn on the Run

Meth destroyed her life. She rebuilt it on the trail, one ultra at a time.

by Catra Corbett 2018 240 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir 👟 Ultrarunning 🤝 Found Family 🌲 Nature As Healer 💔 Childhood Trauma

Meat

by Bruce Friedrich • 2025

Nine calories of grain yield one of chicken. The technology that can break that math.

4.38

🌾 Future Of Food 🍔 Alternative Protein 🔬 Cellular Agriculture 🛡️ Food Security 🌍 Climate Mitigation

Meat

Nine calories of grain yield one of chicken. The technology that can break that math.

by Bruce Friedrich 2025 320 pages

4.38

97 ratings

🌾 Future Of Food 🍔 Alternative Protein 🔬 Cellular Agriculture 🛡️ Food Security 🌍 Climate Mitigation

At Loggerheads

by Kristen Ness • 2023

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

4.01

500+

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

At Loggerheads

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

by Kristen Ness 2023 358 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

After All

by Mary Tyler Moore • 1995

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

3.81

1k+

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery 💎 Perfectionism 🖤 Grief And Loss

After All

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

by Mary Tyler Moore 1995 432 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery 💎 Perfectionism 🖤 Grief And Loss

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