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Alan Weisman's reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orion, Wilson Quarterly, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Discover, Audubon, Condé Nast Traveler, and in many anthologies, including Best American Science Writing 2006. His most recent book, The World Without Us, a bestseller translated into 30 languages, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by both Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the #1 Nonfiction Audiobook of 2007 by iTunes; a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction, for the Orio ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 46,194 ratings · 4,526 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	The World Without Us 3.81 avg rating — 43,296 ratings — published 2007 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Countdown: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth? 4.14 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World 4.20 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future 4.13 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Echo in My Blood: The Search for My Family's Hidden Past 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Frontera: The United States Border with Mexico by Alan Weisman, Jay Dusard (Photographer) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lone Star: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom, the Power & the End of Empire in America it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odliczanie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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“Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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“in the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout

10 votes, 22.2%

Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

7 votes, 15.6%

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

5 votes, 11.1%

Marley & Me Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

5 votes, 11.1%

The Good Good Pig The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery

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And the Waters Turned to Blood by Rodney Barker

3 votes, 6.7%

The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory

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A Dog Year Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by Jon Katz

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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill A Love Story . . . with Wings by Mark Bittner

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