The Greatest Books of All Time on Environmentalism

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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
162 Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962 American English
776 War with the Newts Karel Čapek 1936 Czech Czech
1110 The Overstory Richard Powers 2018 American English
1194 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk 2009 Polish Polish
2107 Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey 1968 American English
2446 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth 1952 American English
2931 Tourist Season Carl Hiaasen 1986 American English
3180 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
5302 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5608 The Imperative Of Responsibility Hans Jonas 1979 German German
5985 Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach 1975 American English
6091 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6216 The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey 1975 American English
6522 City of the Beasts Isabel Allende 2002 Chilean Spanish
7169 The Everglades Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1947 American English
7589 Moo Jane Smiley 1995 American English
7950 Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy 1976 American English
8182 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8216 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
8516 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1996 American English
8959 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
9260 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10927 Whale Nation Heathcote Williams 1988 British English
11046 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11077 About a Mountain John D'Agata 2010 American English
11113 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11813 Ecology, Community And Lifestyle Arne Naess 1989 Norwegian Norwegian
11881 The Sea Around Us Rachel Carson 1951 American English
11941 Son of the Wilderness Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1946 American English
12259 Through The Arc Of The Rain Forest Karen Tei Yamashita 1990 American English
12326 The Fate Of The Elephant Douglas H. Chadwick 1992 American English
12515 Refuge Terry Tempest Williams 1991 American English
12709 The Revenge of Gaia James Lovelock 2006 British English
13505 Humanist Manifesto 2000 Paul Kurtz 1999 American English
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
14210 The Word For World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
14335 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14985 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14985 Double Whammy Carl Hiaasen 1987 American English
14983 M.C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton 1974 American English
14985 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
15914 The Last Flight Of Dr. Ain James Tiptree Jr. 1969 American English
17162 Entropy Jeremy Rifkin, Ted Howard 1980 American English
17162 The Gulf Jack E. Davis 2017 American English
17162 Earth David Brin 1990 American English
17162 Spring Ali Smith 2019 British English
17162 Naksitrallid Eno Raud 1972 Estonian Estonian
17162 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17162 Consider The Following Bill Nye 1995 American English
17162 A Month And A Day Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995 Nigerian English
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki 1982 Japanese Japanese
17162 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17162 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17162 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17162 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17162 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17162 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17162 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17162 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 3 Hayao Miyazaki 1984 Japanese Japanese
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 4 Hayao Miyazaki 1990 Japanese Japanese
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 2 Hayao Miyazaki 1983 Japanese Japanese
17162 Damnation Spring Ash Davidson 2021 American English
17162 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 American English
17162 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17162 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17162 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17162 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17162 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17162 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17162 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17162 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 7 Hayao Miyazaki 1995 Japanese Japanese
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 6 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17162 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 5 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17162 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17162 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17162 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17162 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17162 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17162 Starting Point 1979 1996 Hayao Miyazaki Japanese Japanese