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Explore 24 books like NOLS Bear Essentials by John Gookin — a handpicked selection united by Wildlife, Bears, Nature, and Animals.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of NOLS Bear Essentials.

Fuzz When Nature Breaks the Law — Mary Roach

Fuzz When Nature Breaks the Law

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

The Twenty-Ninth Day Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra — Alex Messenger

The Twenty-Ninth Day Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Eight Bears Mythic Past and Imperiled Future — Gloria Dickie

Eight Bears Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

The Last Panda — George B. Schaller

George B. Schaller

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

What the Bears Know How I Found Truth and Magic in America’s Most Misunderstood Creatures—A Memoir by Animal Planet’s “The Bear Whisperer” — Steve Searles

What the Bears Know How I Found Truth and Magic in America’s Most Misunderstood Creatures—A Memoir by Animal Planet’s “The Bear Whisperer&#8221

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Polar Bears — Ian Stirling

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Forever Wild, Forever Home The Story of The Wild Animal Sanctuary of Colorado — Melanie Shellenbarger

Forever Wild, Forever Home The Story of The Wild Animal Sanctuary of Colorado

Melanie Shellenbarger

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Bears A Portrait of the Animal World — Robert Elman

Bears A Portrait of the Animal World

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Grizzly Confidential An Astounding Journey Into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator — Kevin Grange

Grizzly Confidential An Astounding Journey Into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

The Bears of Brooks Falls Wildlife and Survival on Alaska’s Brooks River — Michael Fitz

The Bears of Brooks Falls Wildlife and Survival on Alaska’s Brooks River

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Bear Attacks of the Century True Stories Of Courage And Survival — Larry Mueller

Bear Attacks of the Century True Stories Of Courage And Survival

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

The Secret Lives of Bats My Adventures with the World’s Most Misunderstood Mammals — Merlin Tuttle

The Secret Lives of Bats My Adventures with the World’s Most Misunderstood Mammals

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

The World of the Polar Bear — Norbert Rosing

The World of the Polar Bear

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Down from the Mountain The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear — Bryce Andrews

Down from the Mountain The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Fortress of the Grizzlies The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary — Dan Wakeman

Fortress of the Grizzlies The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Themes: Wildlife • Bears • Nature

Deer Hunting Log Book Record Hunt Details, Deer Hunters Gift, Species, Activity, Time, Location, Weather, Journal, Notebook — Amy Newton

Deer Hunting Log Book Record Hunt Details, Deer Hunters Gift, Species, Activity, Time, Location, Weather, Journal, Notebook

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

A Sparrow’s Disappearing Home — Mary Ellen Klukow

A Sparrow’s Disappearing Home

Mary Ellen Klukow

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of the Philippines — Maia Tanedo

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of the Philippines

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

Wild Lives Foxes The Blood Is Wild — Bridget MacCaskill

Wild Lives Foxes The Blood Is Wild

Bridget MacCaskill

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

The Hidden Life of Wolves — Jim Dutcher

The Hidden Life of Wolves

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

Perfect Planet — Huw Cordey

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

Ripples on the River Celebrating the Return of the Otter — Laurie Campbell

Ripples on the River Celebrating the Return of the Otter

Laurie Campbell

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

Wonderland A Year of Britain’s Wildlife, Day by Day — Brett Westwood

Wonderland A Year of Britain’s Wildlife, Day by Day

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

African Wildlife A Photographic Safari — Stephen J. Krasemann

African Wildlife A Photographic Safari

Stephen J. Krasemann

Themes: Wildlife • Nature • Animals

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Wildlife, Bears, Nature — the same threads that run through NOLS Bear Essentials by John Gookin. Among the authors featured: Mary Roach, Alex Messenger, Gloria Dickie, George B. Schaller, and others.

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