The Greatest Books of All Time on Ecology

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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
2032 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
2297 The Limits To Growth Donella H. Meadows 1972 American English
2699 Cod Mark Kurlansky 1997 American English
2980 Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 American English
3860 The Soul of the White Ant Eugène N. Marais 1925 South African Afrikaans
4812 Gaia James Lovelock 1979 British English
5615 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5978 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
6613 Gorillas In The Mist Dian Fossey 1983 American English
6935 The Insect Societies E. O. Wilson 1971 American English
7644 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7811 The Song Of The Dodo David Quammen 1996 American English
8032 The Pine Barrens John McPhee 1968 American English
8561 Beautiful Swimmers William Warner 1976 American English
9029 Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 2000 American English
9537 The Tiger John Vaillant 2010 Canadian English
10423 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
11006 Naturalist E. O. Wilson 1994 American English
11113 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11813 Ecology, Community And Lifestyle Arne Naess 1989 Norwegian Norwegian
11925 Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology Andre Gorz 1991 French French
12084 River Time Janet Lembke 1989 American English
12259 The Nocturnal Naturalist Cathy Johnson 1990 American English
12302 Reflections Of Eden Birute Galdikas 1995 Canadian English
12326 The Fate Of The Elephant Douglas H. Chadwick 1992 American English
12326 The Last Panda George B. Schaller 1993 American English
12515 Living By Water Brenda Peterson 1991 American English
14985 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14985 The Hidden Life Of Trees Peter Wohlleben 2015 German German
15916 Fabre's Book Of Insects Jean Henri Fabre 1921 French French
17162 Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 1985 American English
17162 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17162 Wilding Isabella Tree 2018 British English
17162 Midworld Alan Dean Foster 1975 American English
17162 A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski 1986 American English
17162 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17162 Sex In The Sea Marah J. Hardt 2016 American English
17162 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17162 Microlife That Helps Us Steve Parker 2005 British English
17162 Forests Robert Pogue Harrison 1992 American English
17162 Darwin's Dreampond Tijs Goldschmidt 1994 Dutch Dutch
17162 Mushrooms Demystified David Arora 1986 American English
17162 Los Angeles Reyner Banham 1971 British English
17162 For The Earth’s Sake David Brower 1991 American English
17162 Nature’s Metropolis William Cronon 1991 American English
17162 Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2000 American English
17162 Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2017 American English
17162 Wolf Totem Jiang Rong 2004 Chinese Chinese
17162 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English