April 23rd is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Book Day. Dedicated to amazing past and present literature and authors across the globe, this day pays tribute to them and highlights the need for access to diverse literature and authors.
As Project CETI conducts our research, one of our goals is increasing access to knowledge about the sperm whale population, interspecies communication, and the ocean through storytelling. In honor of this day and its mission, Project CETI is excited to share some of our favorite books and authors that inspire us and that you can add to your reading lists.
As you read through this list, Project CETI hopes that you will become inspired too by the magnificent creature that is the sperm whale, their communication, and our oceans!
Book List:
Ahab’s Rolling Sea, Richard J. King
Among Whales, Roger Payne
Billions and Billions Thoughts on Life and Death at the brink of the Millenium, Carl Sagan
Contact, Carl Sagan
Deep, James Nestor
Deep Voices The Wisdom of Whales and Dolphin Tales, Jason Cressey, PhD
Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, Eric Hoyt
Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb
Fathoms, Rebecca Giggs
Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals, Christine Korsgaard
How to Speak Whale, Tom Mustill
In Defense of Dolphins, Thomas I. White
Justice for Animals, Martha Nussbaum
Ocean, Steve Mentz
Other Minds, Peter Godfrey Smith
Silent Whale Letters: A Long Distance Correspondence, on All Frequencies, Ella Finer and Vibeke Mascini
Sperm Whales, Hal Whitehead
Spying on Whales, Nick Pyenson
The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins, Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell
The Great Sperm Whale, Richard Ellis
The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka
The Real Book about Whales and Whaling, Fred Reinfeld
The Rise of Marine Mammals, Annalisa Berta
The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins, Stephen Leatherwood and Randall R. Reeves
The Song of the Cell, Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Soul of the Octopus, Sy Montgomery
The Sounds of Life, Karen Bakker
The Storytelling Animal, Jonathan Gottschall
The Wake of the Whale, Russell Fielding
The Walking Whale, Hans Thewissen
The Whale, Phillip Hoare
Undrowned, Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Ways of Being, James Bridle
Whales, E.J.Slijper
Whales: Touching the Mystery, Doug Thompson
Whale Song, Margaret Grebowicz
Whole Earth Field Guide, edited by Caroline Maniaque-Benton and Meredith Gaglio