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
2105 Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey 1968 American English
2444 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth 1952 American English
2928 Tourist Season Carl Hiaasen 1986 American English
3178 Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012 American English
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
5300 The Swarm Frank Schatzing 2004 German German
5605 The Imperative Of Responsibility Hans Jonas 1979 German German
5981 Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach 1975 American English
6088 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6212 The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey 1975 American English
6520 City of the Beasts Isabel Allende 2002 Chilean Spanish
7168 The Everglades Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1947 American English
7588 Moo Jane Smiley 1995 American English
7949 Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy 1976 American English
8180 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8214 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
8512 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1996 American English
8955 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
9256 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10920 Whale Nation Heathcote Williams 1988 British English
11039 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11070 About a Mountain John D'Agata 2010 American English
11106 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11811 Ecology, Community And Lifestyle Arne Naess 1989 Norwegian Norwegian
11879 The Sea Around Us Rachel Carson 1951 American English
11939 Son of the Wilderness Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1946 American English
12258 Through The Arc Of The Rain Forest Karen Tei Yamashita 1990 American English
12324 The Fate Of The Elephant Douglas H. Chadwick 1992 American English
12513 Refuge Terry Tempest Williams 1991 American English
12707 The Revenge of Gaia James Lovelock 2006 British English
13503 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
14334 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14983 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14983 Double Whammy Carl Hiaasen 1987 American English
14980 M.C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton 1974 American English
14983 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
15897 The Last Flight Of Dr. Ain James Tiptree Jr. 1969 American English
17114 Entropy Jeremy Rifkin, Ted Howard 1980 American English
17114 The Gulf Jack E. Davis 2017 American English
17114 Earth David Brin 1990 American English
17114 Spring Ali Smith 2019 British English
17114 Naksitrallid Eno Raud 1972 Estonian Estonian
17114 Earth Heroes Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor 2009 American English
17114 Consider The Following Bill Nye 1995 American English
17114 A Month And A Day Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995 Nigerian English
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki 1982 Japanese Japanese
17114 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17114 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17114 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17114 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17114 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17114 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17114 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17114 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 3 Hayao Miyazaki 1984 Japanese Japanese
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 4 Hayao Miyazaki 1990 Japanese Japanese
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 2 Hayao Miyazaki 1983 Japanese Japanese
17114 Damnation Spring Ash Davidson 2021 American English
17114 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 American English
17114 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17114 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17114 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17114 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17114 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17114 The End Of Eden Adam Welz 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17114 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17114 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 7 Hayao Miyazaki 1995 Japanese Japanese
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 6 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17114 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 5 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17114 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17114 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17114 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17114 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17114 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17114 Starting Point 1979 1996 Hayao Miyazaki Japanese Japanese