Earth

Earth (otherwise known as the world, in Greek: Γαῖα Gaia, or in Latin: Terra) is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. ...more

Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6)
Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them
The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It (Politics of the Living)
The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground
Little Land
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
When You Find the Right Rock
Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
Only One
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Silmarillion
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Silent Spring
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Cosmos
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Children of Húrin
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,092 books — 1,240 voters
Altered States by Paddy ChayefskyThe Witch of Agnesi by Robert SpillerMaze Master by Kathleen O'Neal GearThe Probability of Murder by Ada MadisonThe Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Favorite STEM Thriller
12 books — 2 voters

A Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiHeaven on Earth by Sharifa OppenheimerMore Things in Heaven and Earth by Jeff HighGod Signs & Dad Stories by Paula Marie PettisDown to Earth by Rhonda Hetzel
Heaven and Earth
22 books — 5 voters
Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters


Chuck Palahniuk
What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.
Chuck Palahniuk, Damned

Rachel Carson
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

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