The Greatest Books of All Time on Environmental Impact

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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
1315 Voices from Chernobyl Svetlana Alexievich 1997 Belarusian Russian
3495 Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer 2009 American English
4621 Rising Tide John Barry 1997 American English
5094 Amity and Prosperity Eliza Griswold 2018 American English
5529 The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond 1991 American English
8024 Cadillac Desert Marc Reisner 1986 American English
8211 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8643 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8726 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
8892 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9192 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9568 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
10768 Before The Oil Ran Out Ian Jack 1987 British English
12452 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
13340 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13806 Global Warming John Theodore Houghton 1986 British English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14363 Energy At The Crossroads Vaclav Smil 2003 Canadian English
14520 Energy Transitions Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14520 Energy Myths And Realities Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14630 Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
17162 The Course of Empire Bernard A. DeVoto 1952 American English
17162 Across the Wide Missouri Bernard A. DeVoto 1947 American English
17162 Island on Fire Tom Zoellner 2020 American English
17162 Six Degrees Mark Lynas 2007 British English
17162 Diet For A Small Planet Frances Moore Lappe 1971 American English
17162 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17162 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17162 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17162 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17162 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17162 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17162 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17162 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17162 Carmageddon Daniel Knowles 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Devil’s Element Dan Egan 2023 Unknown English
17162 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
17162 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English