The Greatest Books of All Time on Environment

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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
14983 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14983 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
15559 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
15608 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
15608 The Greening Of America Charles A. Reich 1970 American English
15634 How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil 2022 Canadian English
17117 Recollected Essays Wendell Berry 1981 American English
17117 Chesapeake James A. Michener 1978 American English
17117 The Integral Trees Larry Niven 1984 American English
17117 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17117 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17117 The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide John Emsley 1994 British English
17117 Adventures In The Anthropocene Gaia Vince 2014 British English
17117 Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth 2017 British English
17117 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17117 Wilding Isabella Tree 2018 British English
17117 The Sky Road Ken MacLeod 1999 Scottish English
17117 Brontomek! Michael G. Coney 1976 British English
17117 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17117 Magic Trees Of The Mind Marion Diamond, Janet Hopson 1998 American English
17117 Nature Via Nurture Matt Ridley 2003 British English
17117 The Water Hole Graeme Base 2001 Australian English
17117 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17117 For The Earth’s Sake David Brower 1991 American English
17117 Nature’s Metropolis William Cronon 1991 American English
17117 Rivers Of Empire Donald Worster 1985 American English
17117 Travels In Siberia Ian Frazier 2010 American English
17117 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17117 Fox 8 George Saunders 2013 American English
17117 Gaslight Jonathan Mingle 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 Unknown English
17117 We Will Be Jaguars Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Story Of Nature Jeremy Mynott 2024 Unknown English
17117 Lost Wonders Tom Lathan 2024 Unknown English
17117 Soil Camille T. Dungy 2023 Unknown English
17117 Deep Water James D. Bradley 2024 Unknown English
17117 Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17117 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17117 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17117 My Year Of Meat Ruth Ozeki 1998 American English
17117 Cairn Kathleen Jamie 2024 British English
17117 Environmentalism From Below Ashley Dawson 2024 Unknown English
17117 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17117 They All Ran Wild Eric Rolls 1969 Australian English
17117 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17117 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17117 Last Chance To See Douglas Adams 1989 British English
17117 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17117 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17117 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17117 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17117 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Secret Life Of Insects Bernardo Esquinca 2023 Unknown English
17117 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17117 Intertidal Yuvan Aves Unknown English
17117 The Ecological Thought Timothy Morton 2010 British English
17117 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17117 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17117 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Darkness Manifesto Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma 2020 Unknown Swedish
17117 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17117 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17117 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17117 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17117 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Tree And The River Aaron Becker 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Search For The Giant Arctic Jellyfish Chloe Savage 2022 Unknown English
17117 Of Time And Turtles Sy Montgomery 2023 American English
17117 Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg 2023 Danish English
17117 Material World Ed Conway 2023 Unknown English
17117 The View From The Oak Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl 1977 Unknown English
17117 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English
17117 Why Women Grow Alice Vincent 2023 Unknown English
17117 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17117 The Wander Society Keri Smith 2016 Canadian English
17117 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American 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