I have some older non-fiction books that I've picked up used over the years, and some of them still hold up today, even if things have changed and there is more known about the subject. Bonus if it is about science or if it is a more obscure book that doesn't get much love nowadays. Some books that fall into this category that I've read and enjoyed:
- The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Lucy Jago
- Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortney
- Bill Bryson's earlier books
- Strangers in the Night: A Brief History of Life on Other Worlds by David E. Fisher
- Red-tails in Love: Pale Male's Story—A True Wildlife Drama in Central Park by Marie Winn
- Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich
- The Peregrine by J.A. Baker
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
What other books would you recommend?
by littleseaotter