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Read the list: “Out West Books has suggestions to get your garden growing beautifully“

20. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30.00, 9780593133231

21. Magnolia Table, Volume 3: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering
Joanna Gaines, William Morrow Cookbooks, $40.00, 9780062820174

22. Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385548366

23. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Simon Winchester, Harper, $35.00, 9780063142886

24. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $25.00, 9781538707944

25. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden
Camille T. Dungy, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982195304

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“SunLit: Tell us this book’s backstory. What inspired you to write it? Where did the story/theme originate?

Camille Dungy: I’d been interested in writing a book about what grew up from the soil around me. A nature book. I won a Guggenheim fellowship that offered me the opportunity to pursue this goal in 2020. Perhaps you remember some of the things that happened in 2020. That was a pretty complicated year.”

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“Her prose, like her garden, is full of color, detail, and sharp, unexpected life.” Read the full review here.