#43 in Popular science
Fuzz
- 245
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 2 weeks on the list, peaked at #4
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About the book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller #1 Indie Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and "danger tree" faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter's Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque. Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature's lawbreakers. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 141 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Popular science average of 8.4. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 141 | 100% |
Frequently asked
What is Fuzz rated?
8.0 out of 10, from 141 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.
Is Fuzz worth reading?
Readers give it 8.0/10 from 141 ratings, which puts it ahead of 5 % of the Popular science shelf.
How long does it take to read Fuzz?
About 4.5 hours at an average reading pace — 245 pages.
Where does Fuzz rank?
#43 in Popular science on the current snapshot.
Was Fuzz a bestseller?
Yes — 2 weeks on the New York Times list, peaking at #4. Sales are shown here but never scored.
How long is Fuzz?
It has 245 pages — shorter than 83% of the ranked books in Popular science.
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