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Non-fiction books that expanded your understanding of the worldAnswer
Any non-fiction books that taught you something that made you understand the world better
#1 of 3 in The Mysteries of Nature
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
ByPeter Wohlleben
2015 • 488 Readers • 4
The Iroquois and Their Neighbors
Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings
ByWendy Makoons Geniusz
2009 • 7 Readers • 248 pages • 4
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
ByLindsay C. Gibson
2015 • 415 Readers • 201 pages • 4.3
On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience
ByMichael D. Gordin
2021 • 8 Readers • 137 pages • 4.5
The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics
Carnal Israel
ByDaniel Boyarin
1993 • 3 Readers • 272 pages • 4
2013 • 37 Readers • 424 pages • 4.5
Not Gay
ByJane Ward
2015 • 9 Readers • 251 pages • 4.3
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
ByJane Ward
2020 • 31 Readers • 215 pages • 3.6
Passions of the Cut Sleeve
ByBret Hinsch
1990 • 13 Readers • 256 pages • 4.3
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
ByRobin Wall Kimmerer
19 • 910 Readers • 391 pages • 4.5
Belly of the Beast
ByDa’Shaun Harrison
2021 • 46 Readers • 256 pages • 4.8