Big Books of 2026

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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
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonBig Red Barn by Margaret Wise BrownGiggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen CroninFooling Ewe by Mike Demers
Farmyard Fun
422 books — 104 voters

Planet of the Apes by Pierre BoulleThe Pet Project by Amanda MiloBebe by Darla PhelpsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBach's Story by Darla Phelps
Humans That Are Treated Like Animals
446 books — 88 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 Backyard Homestead by Carleen MadiganPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsThe Dirty Life by Kristin KimballGaia's Garden by Toby HemenwayTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia Tucker
Gardening/Farming/Sustainability
48 books — 42 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farm and Ranch Life in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
484 books — 40 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
279 books — 26 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWarleggan by Winston GrahamAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbHallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Favourites from 2017
86 books — 21 voters

The Lost Spells by Robert MacfarlaneAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotCider with Rosie by Laurie LeeH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Memoirs of British country life
153 books — 18 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanFood and Culture by Carole CounihanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom StandageFood Politics by Marion Nestle
Global Citizenship: Food
68 books — 16 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenPapyrus by John Gaudet
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn CahoonHooked on Ewe by Hannah ReedA Beeline to Murder by Meera LesterPeaches and Scream by Susan FurlongRest in Peach by Susan Furlong
Cozy Mysteries: Farming & Animal Husbandry
38 books — 13 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
54 books — 12 voters
The Meat Racket by Christopher LeonardThe End of Animal Farming by Jacy Reese AnthisThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal Liberation by Peter SingerSlaughterhouse by Gail A. Eisnitz
Best Books about Industrial Farming
40 books — 9 voters

Rabbit Island by Jörg SteinerGwen the Rescue Hen by Leslie CrawfordSprig the Rescue Pig by Leslie CrawfordThat's Not My Momma's Milk! VEGAN BOARD BOOK by Julia BarcalowEating Animals is Weird VEGAN BOARD BOOK by Bryony Sumner
The Reality of Animal Agriculture in Children's Books
57 books — 7 voters
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyEnglish Pastoral by James RebanksFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Potato, Two Potato, Dead by Lynn Cahoon
Farming And Agriculture In Literature
33 books — 7 voters

The Flower Farmer by Lynn ByczynskiFloret Farm's Cut Flower Garden by Erin BenzakeinFloret Farm's Discovering Dahlias by Erin BenzakeinCool Flowers by Lisa Mason ZieglerSlow Flowers by Debra Prinzing
Books for Flower Farmers
19 books — 6 voters
The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell BerryThe Essential Agrarian Reader by Norman WirzbaI'll Take My Stand by Susan V. DonaldsonWhat I Believe by Leo TolstoyThe Paddock by Lilith Norman
Best Agrarian Philosophy
46 books — 6 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Novels with Traditional & Rural Themes
23 books — 6 voters
Seed by Seed by Esmé Raji CodellThe Triumph of Seeds by Thor HansonThe Story of Seeds by Nancy F. CastaldoThe Seed Underground by Janisse RaySpace Vault by Jeremy Clift
Books About Seeds and Sustainable Farming
30 books — 5 voters

Never Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander C. MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThis Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
132 books — 5 voters
Making Peace with the Land by Fred BahnsonThe Art of the Commonplace by Wendell BerrySalvation Means Creation Healed by Howard A. SnyderScripture, Culture, and Agriculture by Ellen F. DavisFarming As A Spiritual Discipline by Ragan Sutterfield
Best Agrarian Theology
34 books — 4 voters

If Bees Are Few by James P. LenfesteyHives in the City by Alison GillespieBuzz by Lisa Jean MooreThe Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore by Hilda M. RansomeThe Hive by Bee Wilson
Beekeeping — Practical, Experiential, and Fanciful
103 books — 4 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOld Farm Dogs by David HancockChristmas at Spruce Hill Farm by Kathryn SpringerFifty Acres and a Poodle by Jeanne Marie LaskasThe Organ Bank Farm by John Boyd
'Farm' in titles
110 books — 4 voters

Back of the Big House by John Michael VlachRunaway Slaves by John Hope FranklinJefferson's Poplar Forest by Barbara J. HeathDwelling Place by Erskine ClarkeSinging the Master by Roger D. Abrahams
plantation (nonfiction)
90 books — 2 voters
DIY Hydroponic Gardens by Tyler BarasAquaponic Gardening by Sylvia BernsteinHydroponic Food Production by Howard M. ReshHydroponics by Andy JacobsonField Guide to Urban Gardening by Kevin Espiritu
hydroponics and aquaponics
17 books — 2 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithOne Writer's Beginnings by Eudora WeltyMemories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthyA Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin GarlandAn Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
Memoirs and Autobiographies of American Childhood Before World War II
52 books — 2 voters
The Crimson Rust by C. Bernard RutleySpace Vault by Jeremy CliftDreamboats for Trudy by Mildred Lawrence
Agroterrorism in Fiction
3 books — 2 voters

The Sustainable lifestyle of the warlis by Winin Pereira
Santiniketan
1 book — 1 voter
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Books to Read If You Like Stardew Valley
15 books — 1 voter

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