Best Animal Science Books
100. 
Wild Lives: Leading Conservationists on the Animals and the Planet They Love
by:
Lori Robinson
4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings 102. 
Sacred Spaces: Communion with the horse through science and spirit
by:
Susan Fay
4.63 avg rating — 143 ratings 102. 
Wildhood: the epic journey from adolescence to adulthood in humans and other animals 4.12 avg rating — 497 ratings
104. 
Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication
by:
Oné R. Pagán
3.72 avg rating — 128 ratings 106. 
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution 4.22 avg rating — 1,785 ratings
106. 
Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses
by:
Jackie Higgins
4.19 avg rating — 1,284 ratings 
114. 
The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Intellectual, Emotional and Social Capacities
by:
Amy Hatkoff
4.30 avg rating — 352 ratings 114. 
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
by:
Jane Goodall
4.29 avg rating — 3,223 ratings 116. 
The Power of the Herd: A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership, and Innovation
by:
Linda Kohanov
4.18 avg rating — 153 ratings 
118. 
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why 4.42 avg rating — 2,387 ratings
121. 
Horse, Follow Closely: Native American Horsemanship
by:
GaWaNi PonyBoy
4.27 avg rating — 473 ratings 
123. 
Beyond the Homestretch: What I've Learned from Saving Racehorses
by:
Lynn Reardon
4.26 avg rating — 629 ratings 123. 
Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
by:
Farley Mowat
4.17 avg rating — 3,657 ratings 
125. 
A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey
by:
John Fowler
3.85 avg rating — 203 ratings 
129. 
The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs
by:
H. Alan Day
4.30 avg rating — 186 ratings 129. 
Catch and Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab
by:
Lisa Jean Moore
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 
132. 
Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings
by:
Linda Carroll
4.22 avg rating — 430 ratings 132. 
Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses
by:
Gavin Ehringer
3.73 avg rating — 83 ratings 
134. 
The Wild Horse Dilemma: Conflicts and Controversies of the Atlantic Coast Herds 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
140. 
They Called Her Reckless: A True Story of War, Love And One Extraordinary Horse
by:
Janet Barrett
4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings 
142. 
The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads
by:
Scott D. Kraus
4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings 143. 
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse
by:
Roland Perry
4.29 avg rating — 722 ratings 143. 
At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by:
Carl Zimmer
4.08 avg rating — 2,095 ratings 
147. 
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
by:
Juli Berwald
3.71 avg rating — 3,255 ratings 
149. 
The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World
by:
Andy Sharpless
3.98 avg rating — 129 ratings 151. 
Stable Lass: Riding Out and Mucking In - Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard
by:
Gemma Hogg
4.12 avg rating — 285 ratings 
153. 
Turtles of the Southeast (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
by:
Kurt Buhlmann
4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings 
155. 
Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States (A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
157. 
The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child
by:
Thom Hartmann
4.08 avg rating — 305 ratings 157. 
The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
159. 
America's Alligator: A Popular History of Our Most Celebrated Reptile
by:
Doug Alderson
4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings 160. 
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century 4.01 avg rating — 33,623 ratings
162. 
Snakes of the Eastern United States (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
by:
Whit Gibbons
4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings 
164. 
Eating Apes (California Studies in Food and Culture, 6)
by:
Dale Peterson
4.17 avg rating — 90 ratings 166. 
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating — 191,218 ratings 167. 
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
by:
Adam Rutherford
4.03 avg rating — 11,640 ratings 
169. 
171. 
How To Build A Dragon Or Die Trying: A Satirical Look At Cutting-Edge Science
by:
Paul Knoepfler
3.27 avg rating — 41 ratings 171. 
Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species
by:
Craig Pittman
4.40 avg rating — 58 ratings 173. 
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,046 ratings 173. 
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther
by:
Craig Pittman
4.16 avg rating — 967 ratings 175. 
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
by:
Elizabeth Letts
4.23 avg rating — 14,499 ratings 175. 
177. 
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
by:
Lawrence Anthony
4.32 avg rating — 4,514 ratings 
179. 
The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
by:
Elizabeth Letts
4.08 avg rating — 7,796 ratings 180. 
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
by:
Steve Brusatte
4.21 avg rating — 38,328 ratings 181. 
183. 
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by:
Jon Ronson
3.95 avg rating — 155,563 ratings 184. 
Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
by:
Mark Owens
4.13 avg rating — 1,149 ratings 185. 
Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom
by:
Fred Provenza
4.31 avg rating — 162 ratings 
187. 
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
by:
James Herriot
4.35 avg rating — 155,368 ratings 188. 
Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch
by:
Dan O'Brien
4.36 avg rating — 1,397 ratings 
191. 
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
by:
Nate Blakeslee
4.39 avg rating — 12,274 ratings 192. 
Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever
by:
Kareem Rosser
4.59 avg rating — 1,832 ratings 
194. 
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us
by:
Richard O. Prum
4.06 avg rating — 2,787 ratings 
196. 
198. 
Horse Brain, Human Brain: The Neuroscience of Horsemanship
by:
Janet Jones
4.51 avg rating — 486 ratings 199. 
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
by:
Temple Grandin
4.04 avg rating — 6,120 ratings