Book description
'A magisterial diary for bird lovers.' Observer
WINNER - BOOK OF THE YEAR - East Anglian Book Awards 2023
The Telegraph
As seen on BBC Winterwatch 2023
'Honest, human and heart-grabbing. I loved this book so much.' Sophie Pavelle, author of Forget Me Not
'Delightful' Stephen Moss, author of Ten…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked The Meaning of Geese as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
All the wonders of the thousands of geese that fly through the winter across the enormous Norfolk skies, baggy fields, and marshes are here.
Acheson spent lockdown cycling furiously along the coast on his mother’s old red pushbike following the pinkfeet and many other species of geese, describing his great love affair with them.
On his epic journey, he talks to ecologists, farmers, birders, and scientists. He writes with an encyclopaedic knowledge, uncontrolled passion, and great vulnerability.
From Caroline's list on capturing the magic of Norfolk, UK.
If you love The Meaning of Geese...
December on 5C4
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Want books like The Meaning of Geese?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 17 books like The Meaning of Geese.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,277
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Meaning of Geese, you might also like...
The Bridge
The Bridge provides a compassionate and well researched window into the worlds of linear and circular thinking. A core pattern to the inner workings of these two thinking styles is revealed, and most importantly, insight into how to cross the distance between them. Some fascinating features emerged such as, circular…
And Then They Were Gone
Of the 918 Americans who died in the shocking murder-suicides of November 18, 1978, in the tiny South American country of Guyana, a third were under eighteen. More than half were in their twenties or younger.
The authors taught in a small high school in San Francisco where Reverend Jim…
