I enjoyed these books for feeding my curiosities, making my heart full, and helping me grow into a better person.
Sections
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Memoirs
Science & Nature
Psychology & Personal Development
Fiction
Memoirs
I love memoirs, especially when they teach me more about science and nature.
An excellent, poetic memoir and the true history of taxonomy
Why Fish Don't Exist: Loss, Love & Life
An achingly beautiful memoir and dedication to her father. The words in this book really stayed with me, and I think about it often.
For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Meaning
A beautiful memoir with ties to science
How Far the Light Reaches: Life in Ten Sea Creatures
A well written and touching memoir about immigration and displacement, with humor sprinkled throughout
Boat Baby: A Memoir by Vicky Nguyen
An excellent memoir with so much insight into the world of horology/watch making
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
A heart wrenching and touching memoir.
What My Bones Know: Memoir of Healing
A beautiful memoir about the relationship between a woman and a fox that visited her home. I was really touched by it since I have such a love for animals.
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship - Books
I love a good memoir, and this one did not disappoint. It was very poignant and full of feels.
Lab Girl: A Memoir: Jahren, Hope
Ocean Vuong deserves all the praise he gets. His words are so beautiful, and they tell this story in a way that I wish to read most books.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Science & Nature
My favorite book I read in 2025! A deep dive into Alexander Von Humboldt's on science and nature all over the world.
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt
One of the first books that introduced me to the depth of natural history
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel
One of my absolute favorite books! I learned so much about how the different fruits, vegetables, and trees we have in the US were brought here by David Fairchild and Frank Meyer. It's a great one to reference when you're at a dinner with friends.
The Food Explorer: True Adventures of Botanist
Beautifully written, and the audiobook is narrated very well by the author.
The Ocean's Menagerie: Earth's Strangest Creatures
A great book about how remarkable jellyfish are and how we are using them to learn about aging in humans.
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Secrets to Longevity
An exciting adventure to follow the owls through the most unforgiving weather in Eastern Europe
Owls of the Eastern Ice: Quest to Save World's Largest Owl
Beautifully written, and something I'll go back to often
The Light Eaters: Plant Intelligence Insights
A wonderful book on learning more about the female reproductive system.
Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
A great book for learning more about hearing science
Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water
Educational while being very entertaining
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession & Heist
This book was so cool! I loved learning about this not often discussed topic in all of us.
We Are Electric: Inside 200-Year Bioelectric Hunt
A beautiful book about the author's admiration for birds and hawks.
Books - H Is for Hawk
One of my favorite books, and taught me so much about the cool history of these rare natural objects.
Strange Harvests: Hidden Histories of 7 Objects
One of the most beautiful and poetic books about birds. The audiobook is narrated by the author, and his voice is excellent. I could listen to it over and over again.
A Most Remarkable Creature: Hidden Life & Journey
Entertaining science history
Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts
A great book for history and food lovers
Salt: A World History - Mark Kurlansky
As an audiologist, this is my favorite book from Oliver Sacks. The audiobook is great, too.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Another good collection of clinical neuroscience cases from Oliver Sacks.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
Psychology & Personal Development
Great examples and explorations of the people who have been successful with their non-traditional ideas.
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
A great book on the neuroscience of learning
How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better
Fiction
It was hard for me to get into at first, but it ended up being a very beautiful book.
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna
This will break your heart but make you a better person for it.
A Little Life: Yanagihara, Hanya: 9780804172707
One of my favorite coming of age books, by one of my favorite young adult authors.
