Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
55th out of 285 books — 62 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
What we've read so far in 2013...
7048th out of 8,085 books — 2,677 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldWaterlog by Roger  DeakinThe Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneThe Wild Places by Robert MacfarlaneFindings by Kathleen Jamie
British and Irish Nature Writing
237th out of 249 books — 167 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBeauty by Robin McKinleyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books Based on Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and Folktales
676th out of 1,176 books — 701 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenThe Drunken Botanist by Amy  Stewart
Nonfiction Books about Plants
183rd out of 416 books — 141 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienWhispers from the Woods by Sandra KynesA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareUprooted by Naomi Novik
Forests in Myth, Folklore and Fairy tales
101st out of 181 books — 91 voters

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil GaimanThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloIn the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora GossThe Talking Eggs by Robert D. San SouciGoblin Market by Christina Rossetti
Beauitful Fairytale Books
63rd out of 86 books — 12 voters
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
forests, woods, copses, coppices, arbors, orchards
177th out of 286 books — 87 voters

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezStiff by Mary RoachWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin DoughtyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
[ATY 2021] - Nonfiction That's Not A Memoir or Biography
314th out of 934 books — 118 voters
An Abundance of Katherines by John GreenAncient Appetites by Oisín McGannThe Paying Guests by Sarah WatersSavage Magic by Lloyd ShepherdThe Guardians by Andrew Pyper
ABYSSER - Fiction
25th out of 100 books — 1 voter

Rural Roots of Bluegrass by Wayne ErbsenFossil Capital by Andreas MalmBaroque Horrors by David R. CastilloThe Roots of Racism and Abortion by John Cavanaugh-O'KeefeRoots of a Beating Heart by S.L. Kerns
Roots of...
32nd out of 112 books — 4 voters