I love that I can always count on you for the most random nonfiction recommendations. I've probably read over 10 that you recommended and it made me rediscover my curiosity about the world and how we understand it. Totally changed my image of what nonfiction can be. Sending you tons of gratitude and wishing you well from South Africa. Keep the weird books coming!
I think my favorite weird nonfiction book is "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks. It's just a book by a neurologist about all the most bizarre cases he ever encountered. Fascinating.
Pigeons have been unfairly treated by humanity. We raised and inflated their numbers with domesticity and when more modern technologies made them obsolete to our purposes, we released them to fend for themselves. Now a feral species in cities, they are often disparaged as being "flying rats". It's strange to me when so much of our symbology around doves is positive. Doves signify peace, purity, and spirituality; when they are so very closely related to pigeons. I'm on a soap box here but it goes without saying that I'm very interested in "Homing". As well as the books about mushrooms, rabies and bats. Nature writing is also a major part of my nonfiction reading.
My weirdest but also my highest rated non-fiction read is Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom. Its so creepy but so well-written. I picked it up randomly from the library and it took me down a rabbit hole of medical history. I need to add Rabid to my list now!
I love "weird" nonfictions! If you like fungi, I can recommend The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi by Keith Seifert. I finished it last week and really enjoyed it. Since you like animals, I also highly recommend Empire of Ants by Susanne Foitzik. One of my top nonfiction of this year! And one of my all time favorite memoir nonfiction so far is Into the Planet by Jill Heinerth. I am absolutely terrified of both the ocean and caves but still devoured this book several times. As for weird, I think the ones I've read that raised the most eyebrows and that you might enjoy were : - Hurts so Good by Leigh Cowart about the science of pain and why some people like it - The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson, since you seem to like a good mix of animal science and memoirs this would tick both boxes
My strangest non-fiction book that I've read to date is called 'Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin' by Megan Rosenbloom - totally on the more macabre side of things but well worth the read. Another that I found really interesting is called 'Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain' by Oliver Sacks, all about how music interacts (or doesn't) with the brain. My last suggestion is a book called 'A History of Bombing' by Sven Lindqvist. In this case I wouldn't necessarily consider the topic to be weird but the layout and how you read/interact with the material is why I would put it on this list.
Two that were among my favorite two years ago that I don’t see talked about anywhere are The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures about the first person to invent a camera, record on film and project a movie (that still exists and you can watch on TH-cam). Unfortunately, he completely vanished on a train between Dijon and Paris never to be heard from again. At the time people even speculated that Edison may have had him murdered or disappeared. The other one is The Premonitions Bureau, about how after a famous disaster in the UK that many people said they had premonitions about, a psychiatrist and journalist set up a project to record premonitions before events to track them. They had surprising results.
Thank you for this video. I still have not read any of Caitlin Doughty's books, but I love her TH-cam channel. On the weirdest side of books, I really liked Matthew Green's "Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages." Happy Nonfiction November!
I JUST saw Rust yesterday at a used bookstore and didn't buy it. Ugh! That will haunt me... My favorite weird nonfic is Winged Obsession about a detective trying to catch a notorious butterfly smuggler. Facinating! Great video as always 🙌
I read 'Homing' after you recommended it a while back and I enjoyed learning about the history of pigeons and their longstanding relationship with humans. It completely changed how I view pigeons; I love it when books do that 😊. I'm adding 'Rabid' to my TBR because it sounds fun.
These books are RIGHT up my alley! Thanks for explaining them so well. I've added most of these to my want to read list. Excited for the Pigeon book the most!
The last book you shared (Sex, Lies and Handwriting) seems interesting. I've had my handwriting analysis done before and it's mind-blowing the stuff that it reveals. The analyst offered a short free preview where she had me write "I like potatoes" and sign my name and even with so little written down, she was still able to pick up on specific traits that she could not have just guessed. The full report was even more extensive and over the years, I've realized just how accurate it really was.
Cat Tales is so interesting. Have you read "Moss" by Robin Wall Kimmerer? "Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919" by Stephen Puleo? Books by John McPhee? I think of "Oranges", "Uncommon Carriers", "The Survival of the Bark Canoe". I just found your channel. I do about 25% non-fiction
Probably the weirdest nonfiction book I’ve read was when I was in college “Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America by James M. Deem. It’s been a while since I’ve read it so I don’t remember all the details, but it’s meant for a younger audience which is kind of funny because it talks about how various people were found buried maybe in circumstances like they were about to start a construction project. And it goes into the process of how they figure out who this is and then how artists can be used to reconstruct what that person might’ve looked like. It was really interesting.
I don’t read many nonfiction on "weird" topics. The only one I can recommend is Rats, by Robert Sullivan, who observed a colony of rats in New York City. It was super interesting.
Absolutely incredible list!!! Thank you for sharing! Last summer I read a book called Pure Ketchup by Andrew Smith. The writing was dry and not super intriguing, but it was an absolutely fascinating history of the condiment. It also contains a bajillion historical recipes of all different kinds of ketchup - mushroom ketchup, fruit ketchups, etc - that existed before tomato ketchup.
My first non-fiction book that got me into the genre was one I read in middle school that I believe was called Guinea Pig Science about scientists who experimented on themselves, like performing surgeries and ingesting poisons and such.
Thanks so much for your book recommendations. I love non fiction and have read most of your recommendations and have greatly appreciated all your suggestions. Your mention of Cat Tale by Craig Pittman has me especially curious given that I just finished reading The Tiger A True Story of Vengeance and Survival byJohn Vaillancourt - which I just couldn’t put down. Thanks again for all that you do.
I love your commentary. Great delivery. Your selections surprise me but are comparable to my own. Love nonfiction. Every book is an education. And it surprises me what people choose to write about. Thank you. Will look for some of these books!
Olive: a good idea about pairing of reading of two book at the same time. I usually go in the opposite direction, meaning two different types of books, unless , of course, I’m doing research on a topic. I’m going to try this. Thank you. Carol from California
I just finished Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman, which was pretty interesting. Also, Stiff by Mary Roach, which is about the many things that may happen with a body after it's dead, is pretty great. Anything by Sam Keane, who specializes in the history of science. I'm not sure I'd label any of them as weird, though.
I don’t know if these would be “weird” per se, maybe just really niche? But here are 3: Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Big Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon. This is about the people who steal the valuable wood of giant trees on the Pacific Coast and both how it happens and the effect on the land. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2000 Mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant. This is exactly what the title says 🤷♀️ All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell. This was excellent! She follows people with different jobs in the death industry, from cops to embalmers to grave diggers. Hope this helps someone find a new read!
I relate sooo much, there are a bunch of interesting things in the world. That book about Rust, Pigeons, and the one about handwriting definitely got my eye
Suggestion: The Origin of Feces Thanks for this! I'd thought about reading the Longest War before but now definitely will. Most of my reading is NF, which is why you're one of two booktubers I follow.
Very cool books! I first learned how complicated food production is, like so many chefs, when I thought about creating my own items to sell. And it stopped that plan immediately, because like so much in America, you need $ to make $. I have a I can suggest also - One is Animals Nobody Loves, by Ronald Rood. My copy is from the early 70's & I've had it most of my life. Its a small book talking about some of the animals that humanity has mistreated as enemies, broken into 3 sections. The 1st is focused on wolves, rats, fleas & mosquitoes, & that humans are bothered by how they act. The 2nd is focused on their appearance, with octopuses, bats, snakes & spiders. The last is a mix of both of the former, on vultures, pigs, eels & coyotes. I remember if being great when I was younger, but haven't read it in years, & given it age, I would suggest that maybe its content be checked today for accuracy.
The weirdest non-fiction book I've ever read is Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles Jr. This is about a carnival "freak" with hands and feet that resembled lobster claws. It tells the true story of the insular world of "carnival folk," and the loyalty they show, and the relationships they form, with one another. I read this book decades ago, but the terrifying crimes in the book remain in my mind.
Very random. I keep wondering what that book is with the white spine and pink splotches on it next to the one that looks like heavy metal something. I checked to see if you had a bookshelf tour with it lol but what is the name of that book? Also love your videos
I have all of Caitlin Doughty's physical books, and I am so grateful for all three of them. ❤ I also want to read Joy of Sweat and Flying Blind because of your past recommendations!
Thank you for giving me some amazing and brilliant content aka books 📚 to read looking forward to reading 📖 them soon as possible love 🥰 your Aussie family friend John xx
Olive: two books really peaked my interest. Will My Cat Eat My Eye Balls and Sex, Lies, and Handwriting. I’ll have to really check those out. Sounds intriguing. Carol from California
Not that I recall? You don't see a lot of the bats themselves in that book. It's much more about getting the land ready to be marked as protected habitat for Indiana bats.
Love the black and orange look!! Also keep it weird! Normal is overrated. I love rust but that’s mostly due to what iron oxide has to do with pyrotechnics.
I share your taste in niche non-fiction and while I can’t recommend them yet as I’m saving them for Non Fiction November. Here are the unusual non fiction books I’ve picked up over the past month. Rummage: A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go by Emily Cockayne. Pickled, Potted and Canned: The Story of Food Preserving by Sue Shepard Strange Antics: A History of Seduction by Clement Knox Eject! Eject! by John Nichol. (A History of the Ejection Seat.) Tomatoland: How modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook. Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever by Bijal P Trivedi. Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats by Bee Wilson The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland, forgotten hero of natural history by Richard Girling Through The Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles by Travis Elborough. And finally I got Swimming Pretty:The Untold Story of Women In Water by Vicki Valosik.
I just got the book Kudzu the vine that ate the South. The author is entertaining and anyone who has driving through the Deep South knows exactly why the title is named that way.
I have all of catlin doughtys books and they are all really good, plus her youtube channel ( ask a mortian) along with her books toke away my fear I had for decades about death 😊
I am really interesting in Cat Tales, Rabid, and the handwriting book. I actually teach the pheromone studies in my class. We often refer them to the sweaty armpit, or sweaty t shirt, studies, but they are fascinating nonetheless, especially the one in which people were able to discriminate between others with more similar genetics and those with less similar genetics (via the major histocompatability complex).
LOVE your eye makeup today. Totally matches your top. Looking good!
I love that I can always count on you for the most random nonfiction recommendations. I've probably read over 10 that you recommended and it made me rediscover my curiosity about the world and how we understand it. Totally changed my image of what nonfiction can be. Sending you tons of gratitude and wishing you well from South Africa. Keep the weird books coming!
I think my favorite weird nonfiction book is "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks. It's just a book by a neurologist about all the most bizarre cases he ever encountered. Fascinating.
I wouldn't want a neurologist to write about my "bizarre case". That's giving ableism
I've read this book. It was excellent!
@@Horrorbabe4read the book
Pigeons have been unfairly treated by humanity. We raised and inflated their numbers with domesticity and when more modern technologies made them obsolete to our purposes, we released them to fend for themselves. Now a feral species in cities, they are often disparaged as being "flying rats".
It's strange to me when so much of our symbology around doves is positive. Doves signify peace, purity, and spirituality; when they are so very closely related to pigeons.
I'm on a soap box here but it goes without saying that I'm very interested in "Homing". As well as the books about mushrooms, rabies and bats. Nature writing is also a major part of my nonfiction reading.
I love your eye shadow blending make-up job in this video. ❤
My weirdest but also my highest rated non-fiction read is Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom. Its so creepy but so well-written. I picked it up randomly from the library and it took me down a rabbit hole of medical history.
I need to add Rabid to my list now!
I love "weird" nonfictions!
If you like fungi, I can recommend The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi by Keith Seifert. I finished it last week and really enjoyed it.
Since you like animals, I also highly recommend Empire of Ants by Susanne Foitzik. One of my top nonfiction of this year!
And one of my all time favorite memoir nonfiction so far is Into the Planet by Jill Heinerth. I am absolutely terrified of both the ocean and caves but still devoured this book several times.
As for weird, I think the ones I've read that raised the most eyebrows and that you might enjoy were :
- Hurts so Good by Leigh Cowart about the science of pain and why some people like it
- The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson, since you seem to like a good mix of animal science and memoirs this would tick both boxes
My strangest non-fiction book that I've read to date is called 'Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin' by Megan Rosenbloom - totally on the more macabre side of things but well worth the read. Another that I found really interesting is called 'Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain' by Oliver Sacks, all about how music interacts (or doesn't) with the brain. My last suggestion is a book called 'A History of Bombing' by Sven Lindqvist. In this case I wouldn't necessarily consider the topic to be weird but the layout and how you read/interact with the material is why I would put it on this list.
Two that were among my favorite two years ago that I don’t see talked about anywhere are The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures about the first person to invent a camera, record on film and project a movie (that still exists and you can watch on TH-cam). Unfortunately, he completely vanished on a train between Dijon and Paris never to be heard from again. At the time people even speculated that Edison may have had him murdered or disappeared.
The other one is The Premonitions Bureau, about how after a famous disaster in the UK that many people said they had premonitions about, a psychiatrist and journalist set up a project to record premonitions before events to track them. They had surprising results.
Thank you for sharing both recs. Added them to my TBR because they both sound fascinating!
Thank you for this video. I still have not read any of Caitlin Doughty's books, but I love her TH-cam channel. On the weirdest side of books, I really liked Matthew Green's "Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages." Happy Nonfiction November!
My weirdest non-fiction book has to be 'The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth'. Historical medical mysteries and malpractice.
That sounds fascinating also new fear unlocked
Was it worth the read?
@catharinel07 If someone learns the valuable lesson not to pee in strange bottles? Absolutely.
I JUST saw Rust yesterday at a used bookstore and didn't buy it. Ugh! That will haunt me...
My favorite weird nonfic is Winged Obsession about a detective trying to catch a notorious butterfly smuggler. Facinating!
Great video as always 🙌
@@brandyfox6168 oh that sounds interesting!!
I read 'Homing' after you recommended it a while back and I enjoyed learning about the history of pigeons and their longstanding relationship with humans. It completely changed how I view pigeons; I love it when books do that 😊. I'm adding 'Rabid' to my TBR because it sounds fun.
These books are RIGHT up my alley! Thanks for explaining them so well. I've added most of these to my want to read list. Excited for the Pigeon book the most!
The last book you shared (Sex, Lies and Handwriting) seems interesting. I've had my handwriting analysis done before and it's mind-blowing the stuff that it reveals. The analyst offered a short free preview where she had me write "I like potatoes" and sign my name and even with so little written down, she was still able to pick up on specific traits that she could not have just guessed. The full report was even more extensive and over the years, I've realized just how accurate it really was.
Cat Tales is so interesting.
Have you read "Moss" by Robin Wall Kimmerer?
"Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919" by Stephen Puleo?
Books by John McPhee? I think of "Oranges", "Uncommon Carriers", "The Survival of the Bark Canoe".
I just found your channel. I do about 25% non-fiction
Probably the weirdest nonfiction book I’ve read was when I was in college “Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America by James M. Deem. It’s been a while since I’ve read it so I don’t remember all the details, but it’s meant for a younger audience which is kind of funny because it talks about how various people were found buried maybe in circumstances like they were about to start a construction project. And it goes into the process of how they figure out who this is and then how artists can be used to reconstruct what that person might’ve looked like. It was really interesting.
I don’t read many nonfiction on "weird" topics. The only one I can recommend is Rats, by Robert Sullivan, who observed a colony of rats in New York City. It was super interesting.
Absolutely incredible list!!! Thank you for sharing! Last summer I read a book called Pure Ketchup by Andrew Smith. The writing was dry and not super intriguing, but it was an absolutely fascinating history of the condiment. It also contains a bajillion historical recipes of all different kinds of ketchup - mushroom ketchup, fruit ketchups, etc - that existed before tomato ketchup.
My first non-fiction book that got me into the genre was one I read in middle school that I believe was called Guinea Pig Science about scientists who experimented on themselves, like performing surgeries and ingesting poisons and such.
Thanks so much for your book recommendations. I love non fiction and have read most of your recommendations and have greatly appreciated all your suggestions. Your mention of Cat Tale by Craig Pittman has me especially curious given that I just finished reading The Tiger A True Story of Vengeance and Survival byJohn Vaillancourt - which I just couldn’t put down. Thanks again for all that you do.
I love your commentary. Great delivery. Your selections surprise me but are comparable to my own. Love nonfiction. Every book is an education. And it surprises me what people choose to write about. Thank you. Will look for some of these books!
Olive: a good idea about pairing of reading of two book at the same time. I usually go in the opposite direction, meaning two different types of books, unless , of course, I’m doing research on a topic. I’m going to try this. Thank you. Carol from California
I just finished Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman, which was pretty interesting. Also, Stiff by Mary Roach, which is about the many things that may happen with a body after it's dead, is pretty great. Anything by Sam Keane, who specializes in the history of science. I'm not sure I'd label any of them as weird, though.
Your energy in this video is unmatched, I love it. I mentioned Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs to my mom when it came out and the look she gave me 😂
I don’t know if these would be “weird” per se, maybe just really niche? But here are 3:
Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Big Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon. This is about the people who steal the valuable wood of giant trees on the Pacific Coast and both how it happens and the effect on the land.
The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2000 Mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant. This is exactly what the title says 🤷♀️
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell. This was excellent! She follows people with different jobs in the death industry, from cops to embalmers to grave diggers.
Hope this helps someone find a new read!
I would say some of my weird non-fiction books were:
Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart
Plight of the Living Dead by Matt Simon
13:22 You're not going to tell us?! I must read that book.
Stiff by Mary Roach is very weird and macabre, but an essential read.
I loved Packing for Mars by her!
This video is why I subscribe to your channel. You're lengthening my tbr faster than I can read 😂.
I relate sooo much, there are a bunch of interesting things in the world. That book about Rust, Pigeons, and the one about handwriting definitely got my eye
Suggestion: The Origin of Feces
Thanks for this! I'd thought about reading the Longest War before but now definitely will. Most of my reading is NF, which is why you're one of two booktubers I follow.
Very cool books! I first learned how complicated food production is, like so many chefs, when I thought about creating my own items to sell. And it stopped that plan immediately, because like so much in America, you need $ to make $. I have a I can suggest also - One is Animals Nobody Loves, by Ronald Rood. My copy is from the early 70's & I've had it most of my life. Its a small book talking about some of the animals that humanity has mistreated as enemies, broken into 3 sections. The 1st is focused on wolves, rats, fleas & mosquitoes, & that humans are bothered by how they act. The 2nd is focused on their appearance, with octopuses, bats, snakes & spiders. The last is a mix of both of the former, on vultures, pigs, eels & coyotes. I remember if being great when I was younger, but haven't read it in years, & given it age, I would suggest that maybe its content be checked today for accuracy.
Interesting video, but I'm more interested (fascinated?) in/by your eye shadow.
The weirdest non-fiction book I've ever read is Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles Jr. This is about a carnival "freak" with hands and feet that resembled lobster claws. It tells the true story of the insular world of "carnival folk," and the loyalty they show, and the relationships they form, with one another. I read this book decades ago, but the terrifying crimes in the book remain in my mind.
Very random. I keep wondering what that book is with the white spine and pink splotches on it next to the one that looks like heavy metal something. I checked to see if you had a bookshelf tour with it lol but what is the name of that book? Also love your videos
The mystery of the exploding teeth by Thomas Morris was a great book about weird medical stuff from history.
I have all of Caitlin Doughty's physical books, and I am so grateful for all three of them. ❤ I also want to read Joy of Sweat and Flying Blind because of your past recommendations!
Thank you for giving me some amazing and brilliant content aka books 📚 to read looking forward to reading 📖 them soon as possible love 🥰 your Aussie family friend John xx
Great suggestions. I’m adding all of these to my wish list. I’m particularly looking forward to the pigeon book as I adore pigeons.
I may be one of the few people who has never seen Scarface, but Hotel Scarface sounds fascinating! Added to the TBR. Great selection!
Also have NOT watched Scarface.
Olive: two books really peaked my interest. Will My Cat Eat My Eye Balls and Sex, Lies, and Handwriting. I’ll have to really check those out. Sounds intriguing. Carol from California
Wow!!! I’m fascinated by ALL these, and I think I may have found some Christmas gifts!!
I read Spontaneous Human Combustion several years ago. It’s still one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read.
Oh, wow, these are wild. I love it. I don’t know why the book about bats speaks to me 😅
Have you read any Mary Roach? I really enjoyed her books.
Are there many mentions of bat death in Flying Blind? Bats are some of my favorite critters and i can't read about any suffering 😢
Not that I recall? You don't see a lot of the bats themselves in that book. It's much more about getting the land ready to be marked as protected habitat for Indiana bats.
Love the black and orange look!!
Also keep it weird! Normal is overrated. I love rust but that’s mostly due to what iron oxide has to do with pyrotechnics.
Probably the weirdest I have read is Life of Pee: The Story of How Urine Got Everywhere by Sally Magnusson
I share your taste in niche non-fiction and while I can’t recommend them yet as I’m saving them for Non Fiction November. Here are the unusual non fiction books I’ve picked up over the past month.
Rummage: A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go by Emily Cockayne.
Pickled, Potted and Canned: The Story of Food Preserving by Sue Shepard
Strange Antics: A History of Seduction by Clement Knox
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol. (A History of the Ejection Seat.)
Tomatoland: How modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook.
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever by Bijal P Trivedi.
Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats by Bee Wilson
The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland, forgotten hero of natural history by Richard Girling
Through The Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles by Travis Elborough.
And finally I got Swimming Pretty:The Untold Story of Women In Water by Vicki Valosik.
A great nonfiction book I've read is Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf. I think you'd enjoy it.
The handwriting one seems really interesting
I just got the book Kudzu the vine that ate the South. The author is entertaining and anyone who has driving through the Deep South knows exactly why the title is named that way.
Thank you Olive!
Rabid was SO GOOD! Excellent science and social conversations, plus it gave me an idea for my own novel.
WOW all of these are going on my TBR!
Weird but amazing was the curious history of sex by kate lister
Oh fun list!! I'm intrigued by Rust - I like anything that mixes science with history!
I have all of catlin doughtys books and they are all really good, plus her youtube channel ( ask a mortian) along with her books toke away my fear I had for decades about death 😊
I love her channel!
Stiff is the weirdest book I’ve read
Flying Blind sounds so good! I love bats 🦇
Oh I must get that Rabid book!
This is probably my favourite comments section ever
Does The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating count as weird? I loved that book
I am really interesting in Cat Tales, Rabid, and the handwriting book. I actually teach the pheromone studies in my class. We often refer them to the sweaty armpit, or sweaty t shirt, studies, but they are fascinating nonetheless, especially the one in which people were able to discriminate between others with more similar genetics and those with less similar genetics (via the major histocompatability complex).