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Underland by Robert Macfarlane
4.0

Things I like: mysterious landscapes, glaciers, secret underground cities, fungi, old myths of sleeping demons, astrophysics, etc...

Things in this book: see above.

Underland is a difficult book to pin down. It's a travel book, a nature book, an urban exploration book, a science book, a mythology book, and all tied to the concept of what lies below our feet or deep in the caves. This book is fascinating and claustrophobic.

Highly recommended if you like documentaries about creepy places, enjoy the intersection of myth and science, and are curious-scared about spelunking.

More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/vMa3vzClYkA