| 1 |
|
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by
4.06 avg rating — 59,589 ratings
|
|
| 2 |
|
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by
4.07 avg rating — 89,735 ratings
|
|
| 3 |
|
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by
4.51 avg rating — 175,498 ratings
|
|
| 4 |
|
Lab Girl
by
3.98 avg rating — 72,108 ratings
|
|
| 5 |
|
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
by
4.02 avg rating — 10,700 ratings
|
|
| 6 |
|
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
by
3.82 avg rating — 11,170 ratings
|
|
| 7 |
|
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by
4.38 avg rating — 21,045 ratings
|
|
| 8 |
|
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
by
4.11 avg rating — 3,099 ratings
|
|
| 9 |
|
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live & Why They Matter
by
3.95 avg rating — 2,064 ratings
|
|
| 10 |
|
The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
by
3.96 avg rating — 3,344 ratings
|
|
| 11 |
|
The Trees in My Forest
by
4.10 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
|
|
| 12 |
|
The Orchid Thief
by
3.66 avg rating — 22,139 ratings
|
|
| 13 |
|
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
by
3.82 avg rating — 966 ratings
|
|
| 14 |
|
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses
by
4.04 avg rating — 4,035 ratings
|
|
| 15 |
|
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
by
3.97 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
|
|
| 16 |
|
The Private Life of Plants
by
4.44 avg rating — 726 ratings
|
|
| 17 |
|
Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History
by
3.79 avg rating — 287 ratings
|
|
| 18 |
|
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
by
3.93 avg rating — 269 ratings
|
|
| 19 |
|
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
by
3.81 avg rating — 5,408 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
by
3.75 avg rating — 763 ratings
|
|
| 21 |
|
Tea: The Drink that Changed the World
by
3.71 avg rating — 584 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by
4.12 avg rating — 9,085 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
by
3.85 avg rating — 465 ratings
|
|
| 24 |
|
Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees
by
4.26 avg rating — 494 ratings
|
|
| 25 |
|
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
by
3.93 avg rating — 9,129 ratings
|
|
| 26 |
|
The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
by
3.69 avg rating — 518 ratings
|
|
| 27 |
|
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by
4.32 avg rating — 51,749 ratings
|
|
| 28 |
|
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
by
4.22 avg rating — 1,274 ratings
|
|
| 29 |
|
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature
by
4.24 avg rating — 4,337 ratings
|
|
| 30 |
|
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
by
4.06 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
|
|
| 31 |
|
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
by
3.66 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
|
|
| 32 |
|
Nature's Palette: The Science of Plant Color
by
4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
|
|
| 33 |
|
Medieval Flowers
by
3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
|
|
| 34 |
|
Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today's Water Wars
by
3.63 avg rating — 123 ratings
|
|
| 35 |
|
A Natural History Of North American Trees
by
4.39 avg rating — 208 ratings
|
|
| 36 |
|
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
by
3.96 avg rating — 4,574 ratings
|
|
| 37 |
|
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
by
3.82 avg rating — 5,403 ratings
|
|
| 38 |
|
The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, The Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings
|
|
| 39 |
|
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
by
4.21 avg rating — 17,030 ratings
|
|
| 40 |
|
100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names
by
3.78 avg rating — 239 ratings
|
|
| 41 |
|
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs
by
4.41 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
|
|
| 42 |
|
The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by
4.05 avg rating — 7,295 ratings
|
|
| 43 |
|
An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds
by
3.85 avg rating — 152 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by
4.11 avg rating — 13,164 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored
by
4.25 avg rating — 236 ratings
|
|
| 46 |
|
Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World's Most Seductive Spice
by
3.10 avg rating — 67 ratings
|
|
| 47 |
|
The Tea Companion
by
3.86 avg rating — 323 ratings
|
|
| 48 |
|
The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers
by
3.95 avg rating — 93 ratings
|
|
| 49 |
|
Plants: From Roots to Riches
by
3.95 avg rating — 111 ratings
|
|
| 50 |
|
Mushrooms: How To Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi
by
4.33 avg rating — 244 ratings
|
|
| 51 |
|
Who Named the Daisy? Who Named the Rose?: A Roving Dictionary of North American Wildflowers
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
|
|
| 52 |
|
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession
by
3.82 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
|
|
| 53 |
|
Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians
by
4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings
|
|
| 54 |
|
Flora Illustrata: Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden
by
4.32 avg rating — 40 ratings
|
|
| 55 |
|
Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World
by
3.57 avg rating — 60 ratings
|
|
| 56 |
|
Trees: Their Natural History
by
4.32 avg rating — 94 ratings
|
|
| 57 |
|
British Gardens in Time: The Greatest Gardens and the People Who Shaped Them
by
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
|
|
| 58 |
|
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America
by
4.34 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
|
|
| 59 |
|
Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant
by
3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings
|
|
| 60 |
|
A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants We Don't Plant
by
3.38 avg rating — 45 ratings
|
|
| 60 |
|
Wildflowers of Britain and Northwest Europe
by
4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
|
|
| 62 |
|
Amazing Rare Things
by
4.10 avg rating — 530 ratings
|
|
| 63 |
|
Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind
by
3.82 avg rating — 630 ratings
|
|
| 64 |
|
Bizarre Plants: Magical, Monstrous, Mythical
by
3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
|
|
| 65 |
|
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
by
4.06 avg rating — 651 ratings
|
|
| 66 |
|
Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten Fruit
by
3.81 avg rating — 399 ratings
|
|
| 67 |
|
American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
by
4.11 avg rating — 366 ratings
|
|
| 68 |
|
The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts: How to Find, Identify, and Cook Them
by
4.13 avg rating — 158 ratings
|
|
| 69 |
|
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales
by
4.25 avg rating — 1,588 ratings
|
|
| 70 |
|
In Praise of Plants
by
4.26 avg rating — 86 ratings
|
|
| 71 |
|
Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America
by
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
|
|
| 71 |
|
Cork Wars: Intrigue and Industry in World War II
by
3.95 avg rating — 73 ratings
|
|
| 71 |
|
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by
4.21 avg rating — 1,038 ratings
|
|
| 71 |
|
Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness
by
3.89 avg rating — 300 ratings
|
|
| 75 |
|
How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables
by
3.54 avg rating — 598 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent
by
3.82 avg rating — 484 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
A Natural History of English Gardening: 1650-1800
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
by
4.33 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
by
3.84 avg rating — 30,237 ratings
|
|
| 76 |
|
Floriography: The Myths, Magic and Language of Flowers
by
4.01 avg rating — 218 ratings
|
|
| 81 |
|
The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
by
4.06 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
|
|
| 82 |
|
Daffodil: Biography of a Flower
by
3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
|
|
| 83 |
|
Flora: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Plant Kingdom
by
4.69 avg rating — 219 ratings
|
|
| 84 |
|
The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece
by
4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
|
|
| 85 |
|
A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock
by
4.04 avg rating — 354 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine
by
4.26 avg rating — 156 ratings
|
|
| 86 |
|
Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees
by
4.10 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
|
|
| 88 |
|
Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings
by
4.69 avg rating — 325 ratings
|
|
| 88 |
|
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
by
3.96 avg rating — 14,722 ratings
|
|
| 88 |
|
Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science)
by
3.40 avg rating — 210 ratings
|
|
| 91 |
|
Sprout Lands
by
4.08 avg rating — 213 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland
by
4.21 avg rating — 1,418 ratings
|
|
| 93 |
|
The Kingdom of Plants
by
4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings
|
|
| 94 |
|
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
by
4.01 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
|
|
| 95 |
|
Bizarre Botanicals: How to Grow String-of-Hearts, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Panda Ginger, and Other Weird and Wonderful Plants
by
4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings
|
|
| 96 |
|
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
by
4.45 avg rating — 3,680 ratings
|
|
| 97 |
|
A Natural History of Conifers
by
4.40 avg rating — 45 ratings
|
|
| 98 |
|
The High Frontier: Exploring the Tropical Rainforest Canopy
by
4.59 avg rating — 44 ratings
|
|
| 99 |
|
Shakespeare's Flora & Fauna
by
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
|
|
| 100 |
|
Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
by
3.82 avg rating — 1,382 ratings
|
|