Female Naturalist Writers

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,402 ratings
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Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,743 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,916 ratings
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 4.15 avg rating — 20,360 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,310 ratings
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating — 29,044 ratings
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In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man 4.36 avg rating — 8,857 ratings
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe 4.29 avg rating — 3,223 ratings
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood 4.02 avg rating — 3,511 ratings
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The Genius of Birds
The Genius of Birds 4.04 avg rating — 13,003 ratings
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Sightlines
Sightlines 4.26 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness 3.94 avg rating — 57,028 ratings
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses 4.38 avg rating — 18,768 ratings
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Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas 4.38 avg rating — 549 ratings
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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness 3.75 avg rating — 2,650 ratings
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Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature
Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature 4.12 avg rating — 728 ratings
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The Edge of the Sea
The Edge of the Sea 4.19 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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The Solace of Open Spaces
The Solace of Open Spaces 4.11 avg rating — 7,202 ratings
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place 4.18 avg rating — 10,618 ratings
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The Living Mountain
The Living Mountain 4.28 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,478,750 ratings
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Savage Dreams: A Journey into the Landscape Wars of the American West
Savage Dreams: A Journey into the Landscape Wars of the American West 4.21 avg rating — 548 ratings
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A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them
A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them 4.19 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost 3.91 avg rating — 20,201 ratings
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A Country Year: Living the Questions
A Country Year: Living the Questions 4.15 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady 4.32 avg rating — 2,534 ratings
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An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect 3.94 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating — 21,055 ratings
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver 4.06 avg rating — 5,849 ratings
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings
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What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
by: Kim Cross
4.25 avg rating — 2,315 ratings
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 83,250 ratings
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Forever Free: Elsa's Pride (Story of Elsa, #3)
Forever Free: Elsa's Pride (Story of Elsa, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 918 ratings
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change 4.04 avg rating — 4,756 ratings
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The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us 4.17 avg rating — 4,837 ratings
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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit 4.02 avg rating — 1,880 ratings
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Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape
Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape 4.08 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
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Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey
Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey 4.17 avg rating — 3,656 ratings
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Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States (A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book)
Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States (A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land
Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land 4.08 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature
Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature 4.29 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Moody Forest
Moody Forest 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Life in the Garden
Life in the Garden 3.58 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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Cherry Ingram
Cherry Ingram
by: Naoko Abe
3.90 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
45.
The Everglades: River of Grass
The Everglades: River of Grass 4.15 avg rating — 937 ratings
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Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild 4.15 avg rating — 718 ratings
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,965 ratings
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Wanderlust: A History of Walking 3.90 avg rating — 6,237 ratings
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Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist And Naturalist (1614 - 1717)
Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist And Naturalist (1614 - 1717) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Daffodil: Biography of a Flower
Daffodil: Biography of a Flower 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Spotted Sphinx
The Spotted Sphinx 4.35 avg rating — 325 ratings
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Living Free (Story of Elsa, #2)
Living Free (Story of Elsa, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
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Mason Meets a Mason Bee: An Educational Encounter with a Pollinator
Mason Meets a Mason Bee: An Educational Encounter with a Pollinator
by: Dawn Pape
4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 3.97 avg rating — 3,662 ratings
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History 3.82 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
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Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales
Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales 3.59 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells 4.10 avg rating — 995 ratings
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Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
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Blue Twilight (Rachel Porter, #8)
Blue Twilight (Rachel Porter, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape 3.82 avg rating — 302 ratings
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The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder 4.40 avg rating — 3,617 ratings
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Endangered Species (Anna Pigeon, #5)
Endangered Species (Anna Pigeon, #5) 3.88 avg rating — 8,254 ratings
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Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers
Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers 3.97 avg rating — 190 ratings
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High Country Women: Pioneers of Yosemite National Park
High Country Women: Pioneers of Yosemite National Park 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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High Country (Anna Pigeon, #12)
High Country (Anna Pigeon, #12) 3.92 avg rating — 9,368 ratings
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Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14)
Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14) 3.87 avg rating — 9,309 ratings
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Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons In the Lives of Migratory Birds
Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons In the Lives of Migratory Birds 3.97 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Firestorm (Anna Pigeon, #4)
Firestorm (Anna Pigeon, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 10,211 ratings
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Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 22,110 ratings
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A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)
A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 12,777 ratings
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Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3)
Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 10,931 ratings
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At Home on This Earth: Two Centuries of U.S. Women's Nature Writing
At Home on This Earth: Two Centuries of U.S. Women's Nature Writing 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep
The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep 3.82 avg rating — 220 ratings
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A Natural History of the Senses
A Natural History of the Senses 4.15 avg rating — 7,852 ratings
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Secrets of a Celtic Mystic: Sacred Earth Prophecy
Secrets of a Celtic Mystic: Sacred Earth Prophecy 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist
My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings
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A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place
A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place 4.32 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books) 4.11 avg rating — 198 ratings
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The Secret Life of Flies
The Secret Life of Flies 4.13 avg rating — 252 ratings
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The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic & the Endangered
The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic & the Endangered 4.16 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
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A Life In Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal
A Life In Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal 4.27 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited
Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain 3.91 avg rating — 568 ratings
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The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife 4.46 avg rating — 1,500 ratings
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Little Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front
Little Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front 4.34 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Crushed Wild Mint
Crushed Wild Mint 4.43 avg rating — 150 ratings
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The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms 3.92 avg rating — 2,704 ratings
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Biocode: The New Age of Genomics
Biocode: The New Age of Genomics 3.67 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade
Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Unsheltered
Unsheltered 3.67 avg rating — 77,124 ratings
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Mahlangeni: Stories of a Game Ranger's Family
Mahlangeni: Stories of a Game Ranger's Family 4.38 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination
Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination 4.12 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Through the Storm (From Kenya, With Love #3)
Through the Storm (From Kenya, With Love #3) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Rain: Four Walks in English Weather
Rain: Four Walks in English Weather 3.84 avg rating — 798 ratings
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Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World
Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World 3.88 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
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Eye of the Drone (Suki & Finch, #2)
Eye of the Drone (Suki & Finch, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food
The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food 4.20 avg rating — 496 ratings
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Writing the Sacred into the Real
Writing the Sacred into the Real 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Corvus: A Life with Birds
Corvus: A Life with Birds 4.05 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Mythical River: Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest
Mythical River: Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
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