The Greatest Books of All Time on Climate Change

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1609 The Drowned World J. G. Ballard 1962 British English
1844 The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 American English
2842 10:04 Ben Lerner 2014 American English
3179 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
4661 The Swan Book Alexis Wright 2013 Australian English
5300 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5478 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
6298 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6442 Eaarth Bill McKibben 2010 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8379 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
8639 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8721 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
8829 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
9188 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9258 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
9824 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
10008 The End Of Nature Bill McKibben 1989 American English
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10124 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10448 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10522 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10549 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
11106 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11434 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11842 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11855 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
12143 The History Manifesto Johanna Hanink 2014 American English
12399 Hot, Flat, And Crowded Thomas L. Friedman 2008 American English
12450 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
12707 The Revenge of Gaia James Lovelock 2006 British English
13095 Goliath's Curse Luke Kemp 2025 Unknown English
13349 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13702 Collapse Jared Diamond 2005 American English
13805 Global Warming John Theodore Houghton 1986 British English
14132 Energy Vaclav Smil 1999 Czech English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14334 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14410 How To Spend $50 Billion To Make The World A Better Place Bjørn Lomborg 2006 Danish English
14457 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14553 Reinventing Fire Amory Lovins 2011 American English
14553 World On The Edge Lester R. Brown 2011 American English
14553 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14830 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14983 The Sea And Summer George Turner 1987 Australian English
14983 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14983 Summer Ali Smith 2020 British English
14983 River Of Gods Ian McDonald 2004 British English
14983 The Deluge Stephen Markley 2023 Unknown English
14983 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
15559 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
15608 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
17117 An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore 2006 American English
17117 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17117 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17117 Six Degrees Mark Lynas 2007 British English
17117 Adventures In The Anthropocene Gaia Vince 2014 British English
17117 A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth Henry Gee​ 2021 British English
17117 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17117 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17117 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17117 Oceans Paul Rose, Anne Laking 2008 British English
17117 For The Earth’s Sake David Brower 1991 American English
17117 The Heat Will Kill You First Jeff Goodell 2023 American English
17117 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17117 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17117 The Limits Nell Freudenberger 2024 American English
17117 Juice Tim Winton 2024 Australian English
17117 Camp Zero Michelle Min Sterling 2023 Unknown English
17117 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17117 Lessons For Survival Emily Raboteau 2024 Unknown English
17117 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17117 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17117 The 6th Extinction James Rollins 2014 American English
17117 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17117 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17117 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17117 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17117 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17117 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 Unknown English
17117 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17117 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17117 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17117 Singlestuck Bjorn Kurten 1982 Unknown English
17117 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17117 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17117 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17117 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17117 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17117 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17117 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17117 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17117 The Ocean Of Life Callum Roberts 2012 British English
17117 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17117 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17117 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17117 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American English
17117 Supercharge Me Eric Lonergan, Corinne Sawers British English
17117 Natural Capital Dieter Helm 2015 British English
17117 The Big Fix Hal Harvey, Justin Gillis American English
17117 Sustainable Nation Douglas Farr 2018 American English
17117 Net Zero Dieter Helm 2021 British English
17117 Hurricane Lizards And Plastic Squid Thor Hanson 2021 American English