I've really been enjoying this book "Pests" by B. Brookshire (audio is also excellent). The author really takes some seemingly mundane (and not-so-mundane) animals and opens up some well-researched & philosophical inquiry into what exactly makes an animal a pest.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60606334-pests
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... as an economist who thinks a lot about pest population biology, the most fascinating aspect of the book is the emphasis on heterogeneous values towards different animals - and how to weigh those values in management
