Why read How to Be Animal?

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Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves?

How to Be Animal writes a remarkable story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle…

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Why read it?

1 author picked How to Be Animal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Natalie Lawrence

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This is a game-changer book for anyone who is interested in human's role in the world and our relationships with other species - which everyone should be these days. Challenger is a brilliant thinker and writer, drawing in a wide range of scholarly sources into a powerful and well-executed argument. She will show you that 'ten thousand years of evolution has delivered an animal that doesn't think it's an animal' and all that stems from that.

From Natalie's 3 favorite reads in 2024.