If you enjoyed H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, then you might also like these suggestions for further reading from Macdonald's publisher, Grove Atlantic: The Goshawk and The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White; The Peregrine by J. A. Baker; A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines; The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen; The Bird Artist: A Novel by Howard Norman; and Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile.
Check out these other memoirs about grief: A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights by Joan Didion, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, Son of a Gun: A Memoir by Justin St. Germain, and The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke.
And these books take an honest look at death and dying: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty.
And finally, here are two suggestions for inspiring nature reading from discussion group members:
Raven Seek Thy Brother by Gavin Maxwell and The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen.
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