Orion Book Award Winners

Each year, the Orion Book Award is presented to books that deepen the reader’s connection to the natural world, represent excellence in writing, and t ...more

Winners

	The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 3.92 avg rating — 42,452 ratings Orion Book Award (2016)	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
	The Bees by Laline Paull (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 38,211 ratings Orion Book Award for Fiction (2015)	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
	Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life by George Monbiot 4.17 avg rating — 4,428 ratings Orion Book Award for Nonfiction (2015)	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
	MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 73,093 ratings Orion Book Award for Fiction (2014)	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
	Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie 4.26 avg rating — 1,513 ratings Orion Book Award for Nonfiction (2014)	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
	Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Ever-Ending Earth by Craig Childs 4.06 avg rating — 795 ratings Orion Book Award (2013)	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
	The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World by Carl Safina (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 480 ratings Orion Book Award (2012)	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
	Insectopedia by Hugh Raffles (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 417 ratings Orion Book Award (2011)	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
	Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future by Charles Bowden 3.89 avg rating — 132 ratings Orion Book Award (2010)	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
	Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land by Amy Irvine 3.80 avg rating — 290 ratings Orion Book Award (2009)	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
	The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 85,305 ratings Orion Book Award (2008)	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
	Wild: An Elemental Journey by Jay Griffiths 4.12 avg rating — 783 ratings Orion Book Award (2007)	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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	A River Runs Again: India's Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka by Meera Subramanian 4.39 avg rating — 107 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2016)	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
	H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 3.74 avg rating — 70,779 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2016)	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
	The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America by Summer Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 313 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2016)	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
	The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on The Big Dry by Joe Wilkins (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 201 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2013)	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
	The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 9,081 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2013)	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
	Things That Are by Amy Leach 4.10 avg rating — 1,007 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2013)	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
	Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver 3.80 avg rating — 90,446 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2013)	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
	Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis by Sandra Steingraber 4.17 avg rating — 321 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)	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
	Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 56,061 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)	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
	Oil on Water by Helon Habila 3.59 avg rating — 1,608 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)	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
	Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors 3.95 avg rating — 4,113 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)	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
	Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean by Julia Whitty 3.81 avg rating — 160 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2011)	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
	The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant 4.07 avg rating — 13,787 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2011)	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
	About a Mountain by John D'Agata (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,323 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2011)	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
	Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram 4.13 avg rating — 1,413 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2011)	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
	The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature by Curtis White (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2010)	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
	Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories by Lydia Peelle 3.94 avg rating — 794 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2010)	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
	Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape by Richard Manning 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings Orion Book Award Nominee (2010)	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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