Being Caribou by Karsten Heuer

This little jewel of a book allows you to enter a completely different world wherein the author makes you feel like you belong - or that you really really want to belong. Anyone likely to read this book will be yearning by the end to partake, even just a little bit, of the world that Heuer opens up to us. I particularly liked the change of voice when bits of what appear to be an "at-the-time" journal are inserted into the flowing narrative. Lovely.

The Creation by E.O. Wilson

Reading this book of beautifully written lyrical prose is an experience not to be missed. And that's aside from the subject matter - which is something I personally care about very much. You may know E.O. Wilson as "The Ant Man" or as a double two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. But if you have never read anything by him or about him, use this book to change that.