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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
1,093 books — 1,250 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
1,161 books — 835 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
357 books — 334 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinStories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright Seeing the Past by James T. PowersSaving the Farm by James T. Powers
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
420 books — 321 voters

2062 by Emerson LittlefieldAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
422 books — 292 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 — 239 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 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
227 books — 209 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
292 books — 179 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
385 books — 173 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
206 books — 163 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
125 books — 155 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
227 books — 149 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
207 books — 134 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
136 books — 123 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
145 books — 102 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
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
106 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
275 books — 98 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
482 books — 88 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
Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
This is the.......life
1,190 books — 80 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
150 books — 76 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 — 74 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
362 books — 69 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 OlaLife Revisited by Laurent GrenierFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. Elliott
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
98 books — 58 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
67 books — 57 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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