Recommended Nature Writing

List of the Month
Abril 2021 (see all)
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List of the Month: April 2021 Add your recommended works of nature writing to the list. Nonfiction, fiction, and poetry are all welcome. Please only thumb down if the books is not a work of nature writing.
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The Overstory
de Richard Powers
5,363 membros
244 resenhas
4.1
16 Members
karenb, Hanno, paradoxosalpha, mooingzelda, charl08, claire.rivers, LDVoorberg, CDay, NorthernTeacher, igorken, 13west, kara.shamy, Lynsey2, steller0707, nankuo, RaeCreated
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Silent Spring
de Rachel Carson
6,522 membros
97 resenhas
4
12 Members
hailelib, stretch, TheDivineOomba, DetailMuse, CDay, PaperbackPirate, birder4106, eronn, -Cee-, vwinsloe, steller0707, elahrairah
4
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
de Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,301 membros
94 resenhas
4.1
11 Members
DetailMuse, raidergirl3, krazy4katz, CoriatLib, Heather39, perennialreader, -Cee-, gylafowler, SoccerMomKnits, Booksplorer, Tosta
Explicações
krazy4katz: I had forgotten this book until I saw it listed here and went back to my library to find it. One of the most beautiful books I have ever read!
perennialreader: Such a simple book and so delightful.
5
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
de Aldo Leopold
4,389 membros
59 resenhas
4.2
10 Members
lorax, stretch, mldg, PaperbackPirate, elenchus, Heather39, perennialreader, emglider, steller0707, Tosta
Explicações
perennialreader: As relevant today as when it was published.
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H Is for Hawk
de Helen Macdonald
4,362 membros
281 resenhas
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, LynnB, etxgardener, charl08, CDay, -Cee-, Kristelh, vwinsloe, Lynsey2, Charon07
8
My Family and Other Animals
de Gerald Durrell
5,264 membros
150 resenhas
4.2
8 Members
arethusarose, etxgardener, shelfoflisa, CarltonC, Maddz, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong
9
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
de Michael Pollan
1,572 membros
32 resenhas
3.9
9 Members
tardis, DetailMuse, CorneliusNepos, claire.rivers, dhm, CDay, sturlington, perennialreader, gylafowler
Explicações
perennialreader: Wonderful way of looking at nature and our relationship to the earth.
10
Last Chance to See
de Douglas Adams
4,120 membros
83 resenhas
4.2
8 Members
ursula, hipdeep, norabelle414, NorthernTeacher, al.vick, Cora-R, maschi, RaeCreated
Explicações
al.vick: Endangered animals, reasons for conservation, and Douglas Adams humor. How could you go wrong? If you have not read this, you are really missing a gem!
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Walden
de Henry David Thoreau
14,123 membros
192 resenhas
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, SilentInAWay, dhm, jburlinson, FAMeulstee, shelfoflisa, gypsysmom, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: One of my first loves in nature writing. An early favorite.
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Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
de Isabella Tree
475 membros
12 resenhas
½ 4.4
7 Members
farflungfish, mikej, Willoyd, NorthernTeacher, bereanna, gylafowler, elahrairah
14
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,880 membros
475 resenhas
4
8 Members
hipdeep, arethusarose, shelfoflisa, 13west, emglider, maschi, TheStonedMason, Tosta,EMS_24
15
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
de Michael Pollan
5,319 membros
153 resenhas
4
7 Members
LynnB, DetailMuse, PaperbackPirate, skyrad43, sturlington, megbmore, Lynsey2
16
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
de Edward Abbey
3,928 membros
88 resenhas
4.2
7 Members
Hanno, stretch, dhm, CarltonC, gylafowler, danbennett, Tosta
17
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
de David George Haskell
610 membros
17 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro, LDVoorberg, catascott, RaeCreated
18
My Side of the Mountain
de Jean Craighead George
11,818 membros
147 resenhas
4
5 Members
casvelyn, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, suvrose, MaryEK
19
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
24,900 membros
472 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
LynnB, EerierIdyllMeme, pondelro, skyrad43, NorthernTeacher, elahrairah,alsocass
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
de Jane Goodall
712 membros
13 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
CoriatLib, al.vick, ahef1963, LibraryCin
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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
de Henry Beston
943 membros
30 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
hailelib, lilithcat, CDay, vwinsloe
Explicações
lilithcat: My review says it all: https://www.librarything.com/work/160624/reviews/531710
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Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
de Barry Lopez
309 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
13west, aileverte, MM_Jones, danbennett
23
The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
de Craig Childs
323 membros
11 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
lorax, eronn, SonoranDreamer, jwk
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Landmarks
de Robert Macfarlane
858 membros
15 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
charl08, dhm, ghr4, Jeanettelth
25
Arctic Dreams
de Barry Lopez
1,949 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
janoorani24, SilentInAWay, jwk, danbennett
Explicações
janoorani24: A mesmerizing exploration of the Arctic landscape.
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
de Edith Holden
1,835 membros
10 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
Lirleni, shelfoflisa, emglider, barefootsong
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The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,199 membros
57 resenhas
4
4 Members
Stbalbach, eronn, 13west, RaeCreated
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The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
de N. K. Jemisin
397 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.4
5 Members
hipdeep, mikej, susanbooks, ahef1963, steller0707,Hanno ,arethusarose ,alsocass
Explicações
susanbooks: Not explicitly nature writing, but implicitly so: a story of what happens, eras later, when humanity's resource extraction has run amok.
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Prodigal Summer
de Barbara Kingsolver
8,996 membros
196 resenhas
4
4 Members
LDVoorberg, crittergirl, LibraryCin, kara.shamy,Hanno
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
de Peter Godfrey-Smith
1,823 membros
63 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, Treebeard_404
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
de Robert Macfarlane
1,674 membros
54 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
igorken, jsedey, captainsunbeam
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
de Thor Hanson
318 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
lorax, Bookmarque, CoriatLib
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Ring of Bright Water
de Gavin Maxwell
935 membros
23 resenhas
4
3 Members
jlshall, Oandthegang, kristybrysonedits
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A Origem das Espécies
de Charles Darwin
14,366 membros
121 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
mikej, FAMeulstee, birder4106
Explicações
birder4106: Bücherlisten über die Natur ohne Darwin, Wegener und Wallace: undenkbar!
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The Natural History of Selborne
de Gilbert White
954 membros
9 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
abbottthomas, Oandthegang, aileverte
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Under the Sea-Wind
de Rachel Carson
687 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
lilithcat, CoriatLib, spiphany
Explicações
lilithcat: Henry Beston, whose book The Outermost House I recommended here, gave this one high praise. So do I.
spiphany: Not as well known today, but more representative of Carson's nature writing than Silent Spring
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Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
de Bernd Heinrich
260 membros
7 resenhas
4
3 Members
DetailMuse, Comatoes, Treebeard_404
Explicações
Comatoes: How does death announce itself in nature? This book describes death in numinous ways.
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
de Annie Dillard
5,481 membros
105 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
SilentInAWay, jlshall, Heather39
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
de Robin Wall Kimmerer
874 membros
25 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
raidergirl3, CaitZ, jakebornheimer
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The Outrun
de Amy Liptrot
456 membros
19 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
mooingzelda, CarltonC, kara.shamy
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The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
de Lawrence Anthony
764 membros
43 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
CoriatLib, vwinsloe, Cora-R
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Never Cry Wolf
de Farley Mowat
2,712 membros
63 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
tardis, EerierIdyllMeme, ahef1963
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Remarkable Creatures
de Tracy Chevalier
3,226 membros
226 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
hailelib, raidergirl3, perennialreader
Explicações
perennialreader: Mary Anning is a fossil hunter with a passion for her work. One of the most interesting female scientist.
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Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,636 membros
158 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
LynnB, alsocass, Kristelh,arethusarose
45
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
de Richard Dawkins
4,347 membros
74 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, dhm
46
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
de Sy Montgomery
2,320 membros
114 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
laruebk, Charon07
47
The Peregrine
de J. A. Baker
817 membros
16 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
uru, Lyttlefold
48
North with the Spring: A Naturalist's Record of a 17,000 Mile Journey with the North American Spring
de Edwin Way Teale
258 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.6
2 Members
LamSon, Richj
49
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
de Jessica J. Lee
152 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
victoriapeak, JKWood
50
Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness
de Doug Peacock
68 membros
2 resenhas
4
2 Members
douggob, jwk
51
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
de Craig Childs
355 membros
11 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
rshart3, eronn
52
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England
de Tom Wessels
302 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
Bookmarque, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: We used this book in my Natural History course at UMO: such beautiful illustrations and illustrative writing, I still follow these concepts on my nature hikes.
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Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly
de Sue Halpern
168 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
perennialreader, mgnm
Explicações
perennialreader: Great information about the complicated world of monarch migration.
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Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Much Maligned American Original
de Dayton O. Hyde
78 membros
2 resenhas
4
2 Members
pickupf, RailMilFic
Explicações
pickupf: See review by LT member jeane. "Don Coyote" was a ground-breaking wildlife study in 1986, and the American Library Association named it one of the ten top books of the decade."
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Speak to the Earth: Pages From a Farmwife's Journal
de Rachel Peden
47 membros
5
2 Members
casvelyn, jennyduncan
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The Signature of All Things
de Elizabeth Gilbert
3,475 membros
196 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
bjappleg8, kara.shamy
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The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature
de Loren Eiseley
946 membros
14 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
mikej, JulieStielstra
58
Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs
de Sue Hubbell
272 membros
4 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
mldg, mgnm
59
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
de Diane Ackerman
156 membros
3.9
2 Members
CaitZ, Sternmelissar
60
Browsing Nature's Aisles: A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs
de Wendy Brown
32 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.3
2 Members
suvrose, jennyduncan
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Field Guide to Birds of North America
de Edward S. Brinkley
166 membros
1 resenha
4.2
2 Members
tardis, kristilabrie
Explicações
tardis: Field guides are a key way of enhancing one's knowledge and appreciation of nature. I love them.
kristilabrie: Yes it's a field guide—not sure if I'm bending the rules here—but I use this book so often, I LOVE birding and checking off new species in the back.
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Tarka the Otter
de Henry Williamson
880 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
mikej, Kristelh
63
The Singing Wilderness
de Sigurd F. Olson
235 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
Oberon, emglider
64
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
de Trevor Herriot
35 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
CaitZ, gypsysmom
65
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
de Lulu Miller
824 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
bjappleg8, Charon07
66
The Land of Little Rain
de Mary Austin
596 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
noveltea, Faranae
67
Sightlines
de Kathleen Jamie
294 membros
9 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
southernbooklady, kristybrysonedits
68
The Evening Chorus
de Helen Humphreys
226 membros
24 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy
69
Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder
de David Gessner
91 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
pondelro, ncsurfer
70
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
de Richard Louv
2,534 membros
44 resenhas
4
3 Members
alsocass, nandadevi, Jeanettelth,arethusarose ,
71
The Living Mountain
de Nan Shepherd
592 membros
26 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
mooingzelda, kristybrysonedits
72
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
de Janisse Ray
519 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
southernbooklady, jennyduncan
73
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
de Ben Goldfarb
280 membros
16 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro
74
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
de Menno Schilthuizen
260 membros
6 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
FAMeulstee, EMS_24
75
Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
de Roger Deakin
509 membros
11 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
charl08, aileverte
76
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,635 membros
163 resenhas
4.1
Member
Navarone
77
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
de Michael Finkel
1,812 membros
112 resenhas
3.9
Member
fulner
78
The Man Who Planted Trees
de Jean Giono
1,801 membros
45 resenhas
4.1
Member
unctifer
79
The Cloudspotter's Guide
de Gavin Pretor-Pinney
1,383 membros
36 resenhas
3.8
Member
ncsurfer
81
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
de Erma Bombeck
985 membros
16 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
suitable1
82
The Wild Places
de Robert Macfarlane
953 membros
26 resenhas
4
Member
kristybrysonedits
83
Wild Animals I Have Known
de Ernest Thompson Seton
923 membros
8 resenhas
4
Member
DellaWanna
84
The End of Nature
de Bill McKibben
915 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
VicCavalli
85
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / Walden / The Maine Woods / Cape Cod
de Henry David Thoreau
869 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
Comatoes
Explicações
Comatoes: One of the first frameworks for nature writing.
86
Of Wolves and Men
de Barry Holstun Lopez
862 membros
11 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
EileenGullo
87
Redwoods
de Jason Chin
693 membros
61 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
88
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
de Douglas W. Tallamy
575 membros
15 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
jbergerot
89
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
de Dorothy Wordsworth
502 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
jennyduncan
90
Encounters with Animals
de Gerald Durrell
483 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
Member
tardis
Explicações
tardis: I could have added ALL of Durrell's books, but I restrained myself :)
91
In the Company of Crows and Ravens
de John M. Marzluff
449 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
unctifer
92
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
de Bill McKibben
416 membros
4.2
Member
wolfetr
93
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees
de Dave Goulson
387 membros
14 resenhas
4.1
Member
NoPlanetB
94
The Trees in My Forest
de Bernd Heinrich
381 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
Member
MaryEK
95
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
de Douglas W. Tallamy
325 membros
10 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
ValerieAndBooks
96
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
de Kenn Kaufman
325 membros
11 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
davidisreading
97
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
de Catherine Raven
325 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
Member
catherine_raven
98
Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors
de Pete Dunne
312 membros
5 resenhas
4
Member
dianeham
99
Extraordinary Insects
de Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
296 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
flips
100
Someday a Tree
de Eve Bunting
253 membros
8 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
cataylor