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
4619 Rising Tide John Barry 1997 American English
5091 Amity and Prosperity Eliza Griswold 2018 American English
5527 The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond 1991 American English
8023 Cadillac Desert Marc Reisner 1986 American English
8209 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8639 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8721 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
8888 Midnight In Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham 2024 British English
9188 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9188 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9563 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
10762 Before The Oil Ran Out Ian Jack 1987 British English
12450 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 2005 Australian English
13337 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13805 Global Warming John Theodore Houghton 1986 British English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14362 Energy At The Crossroads Vaclav Smil 2003 Canadian English
14519 Energy Transitions Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14519 Energy Myths And Realities Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14629 Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
17117 The Course of Empire Bernard A. DeVoto 1952 American English
17117 Across the Wide Missouri Bernard A. DeVoto 1947 American English
17117 Island on Fire Tom Zoellner 2020 American English
17117 Six Degrees Mark Lynas 2007 British English
17117 Diet For A Small Planet Frances Moore Lappe 1971 American English
17117 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17117 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17117 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17117 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17117 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17117 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17117 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17117 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17117 Carmageddon Daniel Knowles 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Devil’s Element Dan Egan 2023 Unknown English
17117 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
17117 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English