If you are like the rest of America, you may have seen the documentary “Tiger King” on Netflix. The weird mix of true crime, eccentric characters, and cute tiger kittens left me wanting more. Get your quirky fix with these reads!
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
This fiction book focuses on the Bigtree family that loses its matriarch and is left to run the alligator wrestling theme park, Swamplandia.
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
A true story about an English journalist who decided to buy a broken down zoo and fix it up.
Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save A Magnificent Species by Judy A Mills
This memoir follows Judy as she spends twenty years investigating and fighting against the illegal trade of endangered animal from tigers to elephants.
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History by Dan Huckebridge
In the early 1900s, among the foothills of the Himalayas, lived a female tiger that hunted humans. English colonial authorities asked Jim Corbett to track and kill this tiger. The story that follows is exciting, but also shows how the tiger and Corbett interlace in unexpected ways.
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk W Johnson
Want to know what the British Natural History Museum and the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying have in common? Read along as the author investigates a bizarre act of theft.
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer
The odd doesn’t end in this true tale of Jeffrey Lendrum, a man who enjoyed filming his exploits of stealing and selling avian eggs. Once caught, Officer Andy McWilliam, of the United Kingdom’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, makes it his goal to protect future birds from this man.
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World’s Greatest Reptile Smugglers by Bryan Christy
Mike Van Norstrand inherited Strictly Reptiles, which specializes in importing iguanas, from his father. Cringe worthy stories follow suit about Van Nordtrand smuggling endangered reptiles into the United States and the Wild Service agent who tracked his endeavors.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
In Eastern Russia a man eating tiger is being hunted. The biggest question of all is why? Are humans encroaching on its domain, is it seeking revenge, taking advantage of its situation, or purely deranged?
~posted by Pam H.
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