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
2845 10:04 Ben Lerner 2014 American English
3180 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
4663 The Swan Book Alexis Wright 2013 Australian English
5302 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5481 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
6301 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6445 Eaarth Bill McKibben 2010 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
8076 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8382 American War Omar El Akkad 2017 Canadian English
8643 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8726 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
8833 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9262 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
9828 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
10013 The End Of Nature Bill McKibben 1989 American English
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10129 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10454 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10529 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10556 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
11113 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11440 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11844 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11857 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
12144 The History Manifesto Johanna Hanink 2014 American English
12401 Hot, Flat, And Crowded Thomas L. Friedman 2008 American English
12452 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
12709 The Revenge of Gaia James Lovelock 2006 British English
13098 Goliath's Curse Luke Kemp 2025 Unknown English
13352 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13703 Collapse Jared Diamond 2005 American English
13806 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
14335 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14411 How To Spend $50 Billion To Make The World A Better Place Bjørn Lomborg 2006 Danish English
14458 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14554 Reinventing Fire Amory Lovins 2011 American English
14554 World On The Edge Lester R. Brown 2011 American English
14554 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14833 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14985 The Sea And Summer George Turner 1987 Australian English
14985 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14985 Summer Ali Smith 2020 British English
14985 River Of Gods Ian McDonald 2004 British English
14985 The Deluge Stephen Markley 2023 Unknown English
14985 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
15567 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
15616 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
17163 An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore 2006 American English
17163 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17163 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17163 Six Degrees Mark Lynas 2007 British English
17163 Adventures In The Anthropocene Gaia Vince 2014 British English
17163 A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth Henry Gee​ 2021 British English
17163 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17163 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17163 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17163 Oceans Paul Rose, Anne Laking 2008 British English
17163 For The Earth’s Sake David Brower 1991 American English
17163 The Heat Will Kill You First Jeff Goodell 2023 American English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17163 The Limits Nell Freudenberger 2024 American English
17163 Juice Tim Winton 2024 Australian English
17163 Camp Zero Michelle Min Sterling 2023 Unknown English
17163 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17163 Lessons For Survival Emily Raboteau 2024 Unknown English
17163 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17163 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17163 The 6th Extinction James Rollins 2014 American English
17163 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17163 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17163 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17163 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17163 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17163 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 Unknown English
17163 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17163 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17163 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17163 Singlestuck Bjorn Kurten 1982 Unknown English
17163 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17163 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17163 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17163 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17163 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17163 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17163 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17163 The Ocean Of Life Callum Roberts 2012 British English
17163 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17163 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17163 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17163 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American English
17163 Supercharge Me Eric Lonergan, Corinne Sawers British English
17163 Natural Capital Dieter Helm 2015 British English
17163 The Big Fix Hal Harvey, Justin Gillis American English
17163 Sustainable Nation Douglas Farr 2018 American English
17163 Net Zero Dieter Helm 2021 British English
17163 Hurricane Lizards And Plastic Squid Thor Hanson 2021 American English