3 hand-picked science/nature and mycology books curated by NextBookAfter.
If The Arrogant Ape left you craving more evidence-based takedowns of human hubris, you're ready for the next frontier. Webb used primatology to expose our inflated self-image—now discover how fungal networks architect the biosphere we arrogantly claim to rule, wielding mycology as the scalpel that cuts even deeper into anthropocentric fairy tales. Same sharp wit, same rigorous science, planetary stakes.
If The Call of the Honeyguide's intellectual dive into mutualism made you rethink human-nature relationships, you're ready for the underground networks that challenge individualism even harder. This isn't fungi-as-metaphor fluff—it's the same evidence-based irreverence you craved, trading birds for mycelium while keeping that pragmatic dismantling of anthropocentric delusions intact.
If Simard's mycorrhizal networks rewired how you see forests, Sheldrake takes that fungal intelligence planetary—into lichens, psychedelics, soil architects, and the laboratories where questions get gloriously strange. Same lyrical restraint, same scientist-as-traveler voice, same anti-extractivist spine, but now the scope explodes beyond trees into ecosystems you've never considered. This is the book that shows you what else was listening all along.