Unseen City by Nathanael JohnsonThe Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn HauptLook Up! by Annette LeBlanc CateDarwin Comes to Town by Menno SchilthuizenWild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter del Tredici
Nature in the Suburban and Urban Environment
1st out of 297 books — 36 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Popular Nature Books on Goodreads
209th out of 280 books — 43 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
126th out of 400 books — 73 voters
Into the Nest by Marie ReadThe Birds at My Table by Darryl JonesWhat It's Like to Be a Bird by David Allen SibleyBird by Bird by Anne LamottA Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure
February is National Bird-Feeding Month (USA)
23rd out of 132 books — 5 voters

Traffic by Tom VanderbiltThe Box by Marc LevinsonThe Works by Kate AscherThe Big Necessity by Rose GeorgeInfrastructure by Brian Hayes
Underpinnings
135th out of 141 books — 45 voters
A Tree with My Name on It by Victress HitchcockWicked Plants by Amy  StewartWatership Down by Richard  AdamsMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Wild Green Reads
225th out of 234 books — 15 voters

Fuzz by Mary RoachA Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching by Rosemary MoscoIn Search of Lost Frogs by Robin  MooreCoyote America by Dan FloresWasps by Eric R. Eaton
Underappreciated Taxa
52nd out of 97 books — 5 voters
Walkable City by Jeff SpeckStrong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr.The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsCurbing Traffic by Melissa BruntlettThe Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
Fuckcars
72nd out of 87 books — 10 voters

Birdology by Sy MontgomeryThat Quail, Robert by Margaret A. StangerAlex and Me by Irene M. PepperbergRavenmaster by Christopher SkaifeH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Natural Writing About Birds
141st out of 144 books — 14 voters
Palaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergBetter Buses, Better Cities by Steven HigashideUnseen City by Nathanael JohnsonThe Anthropocene Reviewed by John  GreenInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
99% Invisible Reading List
3rd out of 11 books — 1 voter

Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerGrowing Perennial Foods by Acadia TuckerThe Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen SibleyThe Home Place by J. Drew LanhamBringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
Nature at Home
168th out of 237 books — 22 voters
The Halifax Slasher by Michael GossWashing "The Great Unwashed" by Marilyn Thornton WilliamsThe Big Book of Urban Legends by Robert Loren FlemingSuburban Gentleman by John LindseyWhen You're up to Your Ass in Alligators by Alan Dundes
"Urban"
141st out of 182 books — 5 voters

Born Free by Joy AdamsonGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyThe Wilderness Family by Kobie KrügerSwimming with Orca by Ingrid VisserThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy Adamson
Studying the Wild: Memoirs of Animal Research in the Field
191st out of 239 books — 47 voters
The Rhino Crash by Nick NewmanNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatThe Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence  AnthonyDon't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Raven... by Peter AllisonWhatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
Great Non-fiction Wildlife books
101st out of 157 books — 17 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Species and Animals in Titles
465th out of 1,394 books — 144 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
40th out of 113 books — 11 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroBabel by R.F. KuangThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
[ATY 2025] Cityscape or Building on Cover
123rd out of 446 books — 80 voters
Raising Steaks by Betty FussellLawn People by Paul RobbinsEvolution Made to Order by Helen Anne CurryRules of Play by Katie Salen TekinbaşShady Characters by Keith Houston
Books from 99% Invisible (Part 1)
44th out of 100 books — 1 voter

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsMade in Russia by Michael IdovGrunt by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachOriginal Copies by Bianca Bosker
99% Invisible books (nonfiction)
85th out of 104 books — 20 voters
Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerGrowing Good Food by Acadia TuckerGrowing Perennial Foods by Acadia TuckerUrban Forests by Jill JonnesParadise Lot by Eric Toensmeier
Urban Farm and Self-Sufficiency
34th out of 98 books — 7 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
8190th out of 9,838 books — 22,416 voters
Sprout Lands by William Bryant LoganUrban Forests by Jill JonnesTrees in Paradise by Jared FarmerShinrin Yoku by Yoshifumi MiyazakiDarwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen
Cities and Trees
55th out of 124 books — 9 voters

Nature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Sto... by Suzanne  CottrellA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
646th out of 1,159 books — 921 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererBeyond the Kale by Kristin ReynoldsThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinFarming While Black by Leah PennimanAquaponics for Beginners by Nick   Brooke
Urban gardening + social justice
17th out of 56 books — 14 voters

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldLife in the Undergrowth by David Attenborough
Books about Invertebrates
290th out of 400 books — 50 voters
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffThe Force by Don WinslowSex at Dawn by Christopher  RyanPioneer Naturalists by Howard E. EvansMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
oct18oct19
36th out of 100 books — 2 voters

The Great Good Place by Ray OldenburgTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerWhat Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony JuniperDeepening Community by Paul BornThe Abundant Community by John McKnight
Best Books on Livable Communities
186th out of 279 books — 26 voters
Good Without God by Greg M. EpsteinInside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzLab Girl by Hope JahrenI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
2018 hgdf
27th out of 70 books — 2 voters

Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-SmithFuture Crimes by Marc GoodmanThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganThe Case Against Sugar by Gary TaubesWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
2015-2017 Choice Awards Science & Technology Nominees
7th out of 26 books — 14 voters
Lost in Yaba by Walt GleesonAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go with Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb Tsipursky
Nonfiction Books More People Should Read
238th out of 245 books — 84 voters

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