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[MyrmecologyMaven]

This thread is for showing others what's on your bookshelf and book reviews! I'll start with my current nature related shelf. I haven't read some of these in a while so no reviews until I reread them. I have lots more online books (particularly more expensive books), I obtain through unscrupulous means (I gotta read somehow!).

 

My birding shelf. I like the "Atlas Of Extinct Animals" because every time I read it I'm reminded by how many animals we humans have wiped out.

 

My botany shelf. I particularly enjoy the books by RedFern. They do very cool expedition opportunities to places to see rare carnivorous plants like Heliamphora and Nepenthes. A bit too expensive and time consuming for me at the moment sadly. Maybe I'll jump on their offerings for 2028-29.

 

My marine life shelf. I'm really into reef systems.

 

And finally my Mycology and feeble insect book collection (most of my ant books are online). 

[MyrmecologyMaven]

I skimmed through "Nepenthes, The Tropical Pitcher Plants" this afternoon. I have read through all three volumes at least 10 times so I just needed a quick refresher. 

 

The three book series laid out on a blanket.

 

These books are the most informative and complete collection of Nepenthes information out at the moment. The author Stewart McPherson spent years out in the field studying all things Nepenthes. He has some videos of a few of his expeditions out on YouTube (linked below). They are well written and interesting to read. Only volume 1 has actual pages of reading with the other 2 volumes having photos and information on every Nepenthes species. If you are interested in the genus this series is a must read!

 

His channel:

https://www.youtube....editions/videos

[IdioticMouse26]

Oh wow, that's quite the collection!

I only have very few books right now, because I recently moved to Korea, but here are some books I brought with me:

 

 

The purple book's title is roughly translated into: The Unfamiliar Primal Beauty: Lizards, and the (top? right?) one is Fabre's Souvenirs entomologiques. I highly recommend Immune: Journey into the mysterious system that keeps you alive, written by none other than the creator of Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell. It explains immunology in such simple and easy to understand ways.

 

Besides those three, I have Tarantula Keeper's Guide and E.O Wilson's Tales From the Ant World, and Planet Bugs(still reading) in Kindle.

 

Other than that, rest of the books are sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Edited by IdioticMouse26, April 27 2025 - 9:27 PM.

[bmb1bee]

Half my bookshelf is all manga and light novels, the other half is mostly just childhood books and novels I used to enjoy, as well as a few biographies regarding marine biology and field guides about North American insects. I also do have "Journey to the Ants" by Holldobler and Wilson, which I consider to be one of my favorite books in the shelf.

[MyrmecologyMaven]

Half my bookshelf is all manga and light novels, the other half is mostly just childhood books and novels I used to enjoy, as well as a few biographies regarding marine biology and field guides about North American insects. I also do have "Journey to the Ants" by Holldobler and Wilson, which I consider to be one of my favorite books in the shelf.

“Journey To The Ants” is a great book! I have a pdf of it on my MacBook.

Edited by MyrmecologyMaven, April 28 2025 - 6:52 AM.

[MyrmecologyMaven]

Oh wow, that's quite the collection!
I only have very few books right now, because I recently moved to Korea, but here are some books I brought with me:

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The purple book's title is roughly translated into: The Unfamiliar Primal Beauty: Lizards, and the (top? right?) one is Fabre's Souvenirs entomologiques. I highly recommend Immune: Journey into the mysterious system that keeps you alive, written by none other than the creator of Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell. It explains immunology in such simple and easy to understand ways.

Besides those three, I have Tarantula Keeper's Guide and E.O Wilson's Tales From the Ant World, and Planet Bugs(still reading) in Kindle.

Other than that, rest of the books are sci-fi and fantasy novels.

That Kurzgesagt book looks interesting! I’m actually half-Korean! My mom is full Korean but has lived in the USA for most of her life. I only spoke Korean until I was 5 so now I have a speech impairment and can’t pronounce “er” without sounding like “uh”.

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

I only have children’s books   but I am looking to getting an ant related book

[ANTdrew]

Some of my shelves, an eclectic mix of books about nature, various novels and classical Christian theology.