The Greatest Books of All Time on Climate

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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
4810 Gaia James Lovelock 1979 British English
4981 Arctic Dreams Barry Lopez 1986 American English
7722 The Peasants Of Languedoc Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1966 French French
8348 This Cold Heaven Gretel Ehrlich 2001 American English
11660 The Ice Stephen J. Pyne 1986 American English
11879 The Sea Around Us Rachel Carson 1951 American English
13332 North Pole Landscape Painting Wumingshi 1943 Chinese Unknown
14112 Geography Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14384 Numbers Don't Lie Vaclav Smil 2021 Czech English
14498 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14553 Unlocking Energy Innovation Richard K. Lester 2011 American English
14787 The Origin Of Continents And Oceans Alfred Wegener 1915 German German
17114 The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders 2019 American English
17114 Otherlands Thomas Halliday 2022 British English
17114 The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs Steven Brusatte 2018 American English
17114 Helliconia Winter Brian Aldiss 1985 British English
17114 Earth Iain Stewart, John Lynch 2008 British English
17114 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English