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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
1,106 books — 1,271 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
1,170 books — 938 voters

The Lorax by Dr. SeussProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserWatership Down by Richard AdamsDouble Bind by Seb Kirby
Eco-Fiction
361 books — 352 voters
2062 by Emerson LittlefieldAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Hope of Glory (Volume Two) by Nancy Parker BrummettFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
430 books — 333 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonStories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright Seeing the Past by James T. Powers
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
421 books — 326 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 — 243 voters

The Lorax by Dr. SeussProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Miracle Forest by Ellen Dee DavidsonFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Overstory by Richard Powers
Best Fiction Books about the Environment and Sustainability
232 books — 237 voters
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
228 books — 217 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinNature's Last Dance by Natalie KyriacouMerchants of Doubt by Naomi OreskesThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
Best Climate Change Books
293 books — 181 voters
New Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannNevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioLife of Pi by Yann MartelLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. Nelson
This is the.......life
1,194 books — 176 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirFlight Behaviour by Barbara KingsolverWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
52 Book Club 2025: #14 - Climate Fiction
213 books — 173 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Great Kapok Tree by Lynne CherryOwl Moon by Jane YolenThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonMiss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
"Green" Picture Books
380 books — 172 voters

The Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMaya of the In-between by Sita BennettThe Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
132 books — 166 voters
Harvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullWhole Whale by Karen YinClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonThe Beginner's Guide to Winning an Election by Michael R. French
Growing Future Activists
225 books — 147 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
209 books — 131 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
134 books — 126 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
146 books — 102 voters
Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John Lewis
Non-Fiction read in 2017
483 books — 100 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
75 books — 99 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
276 books — 99 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
107 books — 98 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
266 books — 87 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
154 books — 79 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
119 books — 75 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
363 books — 71 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
68 books — 58 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick HouseThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaCosmos by Carl SaganStiff by Mary Roach
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
99 books — 49 voters
The Overstory by Richard PowersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyCyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawThe Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry Birdgenaw
LitHub's 365 Books for Your Climate Change Library (Part 3)
60 books — 48 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
107 books — 45 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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