Looking for something fun to do this summer? There’s nothing like relaxing with a good book! This UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences selection of staff-recommended titles covers a wide variety of unique topics. So, whether you’re at the beach, travelling, or just enjoying some down-time, you can enjoy the world from a new, imaginative perspective, or learn unique facts about Florida’s history and ecosystems. No matter what your preference, UF/IFAS has you covered!
Non-Fiction
Agriculture
Industry & History
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| Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food
By Wendell Berry |
Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future
By The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture |
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By Michael Pollan |
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| The One Straw Revolution
By Masanobu Fukuoka |
Oranges
By John McPhee |
Natural Resources
Conservation & History
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| American Canopy: Treses, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
By Eric Rutkow |
The Travels of William Bartram
By William Bartram |
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
By Tim Flannery |
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| The Everglades: River of Glass
By Marjory Stoneman Douglass |
Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida’s Panhandle
By Kathryn Ziewitz and June Wiaz |
The Gulf
By Jack Davis |
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| Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
By Cynthia Barnett |
A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden
By Archie Carr |
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
By Cynthia Barnett |
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| Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson |
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By Elizabeth Kolbert |
The Swamp
By Michael Grunwald |
Scientific Investigation
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| The Case of the Midwife Toad
By Arthur Koestler |
Lawn & Garden
Landscapes & History
Home Gardening
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| The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally
By Jere Gettle, Emilee Gettle and Meghan Sutherland |
The Gardener’s Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control
By William Olkowski, Helga Olkowski and Sheila Daar |
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Work & Life
Careers – History – Life Science
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| No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World’s Premier Forensic Investigators
By Steve Jackson |
The Worst Hard Time
By Timothy Egan |
I Contain Multitudes
By Ed Yong |
Memoirs
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| Educated: A Memoir
By Tara Westover |
Lab Girl
By Hope Jahren |
Sustainability
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| Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis
By Cynthia Barnett |
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things
By William McDonough and Michael Braungart |
Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact
By Rosalyn Byrd and Lauren DeMates |
Health & Fitness
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| Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength
By Bill Phillips |
Box Like the Pros
By Joe Frazier and William Dettloff |
Aerobox
By Michael Olajide and Phil Berger |
Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopian – Youth & Family
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| The Bees
By Laline Paull |
Wishtree
By Katherine Applegate |
Shadows in the Water
By Katheryn Lasky |
Historical
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| Angel City
By Patrick Smith |
A Land Remembered
By Patrick Smith |
The Bath Pond (Series)
By Lowell Teal |
Mystery – Sci-Fi
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| Where the Crawdads Sing
By Delia Owens |
The Martian
By Andy Weir |
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