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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
1,072 books — 1,201 voters
A 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 AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Best Nature Books
1,155 books — 778 voters

The Lorax by Dr. SeussProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserDouble Bind by Seb KirbyWatership Down by Richard Adams
Eco-Fiction
344 books — 321 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonough
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
401 books — 295 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Help by Kathryn StockettFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
408 books — 248 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
390 books — 237 voters

Poor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
228 books — 210 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Fiction Books about the Environment and Sustainability
217 books — 201 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinMerchants of Doubt by Naomi OreskesNature's Last Dance by Natalie KyriacouThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
Best Climate Change Books
291 books — 174 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussOwl Moon by Jane YolenThe Great Kapok Tree by Lynne CherryThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonMiss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
"Green" Picture Books
379 books — 167 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinFlight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
52 Book Club 2025: #14 - Climate Fiction
200 books — 154 voters
Harvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullWhole Whale by Karen YinClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninThe Beginner's Guide to Winning an Election by Michael R. FrenchAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Growing Future Activists
223 books — 144 voters

The Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMaya of the In-between by Sita BennettOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
113 books — 141 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Public Health
202 books — 121 voters

The International Bank of Bob by Bob HarrisSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonPapyrus by John GaudetHumankind by Brad AronsonThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi
Books to Change the World
125 books — 117 voters
Tortoise Stew by P.C. ZickMagic America by C.E. MedfordCatori's Worlds by Murielle CyrTrails in the Sand by P.C. ZickA Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Environmental Novels
74 books — 98 voters

Listening to Whales by Alexandra MortonBeneath the Surface by John HargroveDeath at SeaWorld by David KirbyInto Great Silence by Eva SaulitisThe Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey
Shores, Coasts, Deltas, Estuaries, Bays, Open Ocean, and Deep Sea
273 books — 98 voters
State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMother of God by Paul RosolieJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Amazon Rainforest
104 books — 96 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
137 books — 95 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Trevor Noah's Literary Guests
264 books — 85 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertSix Degrees by Mark LynasGator Country by Rebecca Renner
Consequences of Climate Change
118 books — 73 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
History of the Universe and Earth
148 books — 71 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenThe Flight of the Iguana by David QuammenThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Best of Natural History
361 books — 68 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
This is the.......life
1,189 books — 63 voters
Cradle to Cradle by William McDonoughFolks, This Ain't Normal by Joel SalatinThe STREAM TONE by T. GillingMaking Good by Dev AujlaNext Generation Democracy by Jared Duval
Inspirations for Change
65 books — 55 voters

Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick HouseA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaStiff by Mary Roach
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
90 books — 51 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters

The Overstory by Richard PowersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
LitHub's 365 Books for Your Climate Change Library (Part 3)
57 books — 41 voters
About Three Authors by Patti RobertsLake News by Barbara DelinskyLake Wobegon Days by Garrison KeillorMoonlight on Butternut Lake by Mary McNearIron Lake by William Kent Krueger
Fiction Books Set On A Lake
71 books — 40 voters

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