Sometimes non-fiction books can be boring. But here are some of the beautifully written books that line my bookshelves at home.

Non-fiction

• Human Development by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
• Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach by Jeffrey J. Arnett & Malcolm Hughes
• Coyote Speaks by Ari Berk & Carolyn Dunn
• Punishment and Sentencing by Melissa Bull
• The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess
• Babies & Toddlers by Kaz Cooke
• Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke
• The Celtic Tarot by Julian De Burgh
• Gray’s Anatomy by Henry Gray
• How to Grow a Baby by Clemmie Hooper
• A Guide to Native Bees of Australia by Terry Houston
• The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine
• Pack of Thieves? 52 Port Arthur Lives by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Susan Hood
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
• Invincible Microbe by Jim Murphy & Alison Blank
• Crime & Criminology by Rob White, Fiona Haines & Nicole L. Asquith
• A Field Guide to Insects of Australia: Third Edition by Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey

Standalones – Novels

• The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
• Babylon’s Ark by Lawrence Anthony
• The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
• The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony
• Subversive Spiritualities by Frederique Apffel-Marglin
• Adventures of a Young Naturalist by David Attenborough
• Journeys to the Other Side of the World by David Attenborough
• Radio Okapi Kindu by Jennifer Bakody
• Blue Urbanism by Timothy Beatley
• Fortress Conservation by Dan Brockington
• The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis
• Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
• My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
• Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
• A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill
• The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper by Maxim Jakubowski & Nathan Braund
• The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
• Beluga Days by Nancy Lord
• Everything Is Fucked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
• The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
• Expecting Better by Emily Oster
• Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
• Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
• Among the Pigeons by John L. Read
• Reports from a Wild Country by Deborah Bird Rose
• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
• Gogo Mama by Sally Sara
• An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
• How to Sleep Well by Dr. Neil Stanley
• Wilding by Isabella Tree
• Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
• Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
• She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer

Standalones – Short stories

• Steampunk: Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past by Ekaterina Sedia