Beautiful Books about Nature
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,481 ratings
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Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
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Janisse Ray
4.11 avg rating — 198 ratings 10. 
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Journal of Light: The Visual Diary of a Florida Nature Photographer
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John Moran
4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings 12. 
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
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Merlin Sheldrake
4.33 avg rating — 47,234 ratings 12. 
The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South
by:
John Lane
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings 
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Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed
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David R. Kaufman
4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings 16. 
Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird 3.82 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
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Voices of the Wild: Animal Songs, Human Din, and the Call to Save Natural Soundscapes (The Future Series)
by:
Bernie Krause
3.67 avg rating — 45 ratings 
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The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood
by:
Kathryn Aalto
3.97 avg rating — 650 ratings 
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Our Beautiful, Fragile World: The Nature and Environmental Photographs of Peter Essick
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Peter Essick
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 22. 
The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
by:
Iain McCalman
3.79 avg rating — 418 ratings 22. 
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
by:
Paul Bogard
4.04 avg rating — 2,479 ratings 
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Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays
by:
Candace Savage
4.12 avg rating — 937 ratings 26. 
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Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
by:
Wendy Williams
3.80 avg rating — 1,886 ratings 
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,046 ratings 30. 
Urban Ecology: A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World
by:
Ken Leinbach
4.42 avg rating — 55 ratings 
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
by:
Michael S. Engel
4.44 avg rating — 183 ratings 34. 
Blowfish's Oceanopedia: 291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea
by:
Tom Hird
3.93 avg rating — 149 ratings 34. 
Wild North Carolina: Discovering the Wonders of Our State's Natural Communities
by:
David Blevins
4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings 36. 
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
by:
Helen Scales
4.10 avg rating — 995 ratings 36. 
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The Deep: The Secret Life of Our Oceans
by:
Alex Rogers
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 405 ratings 40. 
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The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood
by:
Lucy Cooke
4.25 avg rating — 5,125 ratings 42. 
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature
by:
J. Drew Lanham
4.22 avg rating — 3,230 ratings 
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Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
by:
Jill Jonnes
3.82 avg rating — 302 ratings 48. 
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
by:
Matt Simon
4.13 avg rating — 1,217 ratings 
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A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
by:
Jonathan Meiburg
4.17 avg rating — 2,743 ratings 50. 
Many Ways to See the Sun: Nature Meditation for Children and the Adults Who Love Them 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals
by:
Merlin Tuttle
4.32 avg rating — 1,768 ratings 54. 
Clyde Butcher: Nature's Places of Spiritual Sanctuary Photographs from 1961 to 1999
by:
Clyde Butcher
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 
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Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature
by:
A.J. Wood
4.61 avg rating — 119 ratings 58. 
Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
by:
Edward Struzik
3.86 avg rating — 350 ratings 58. 
The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite
by:
Tom Wessels
4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings 60. 
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The Wild Treasury of Nature: A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
by:
Philip Juras
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature
by:
William C. Tweed
4.08 avg rating — 157 ratings 64. 
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
by:
Juli Berwald
3.71 avg rating — 3,255 ratings 64. 
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Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests
by:
Joan Maloof
3.97 avg rating — 351 ratings 68. 
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
by:
Patrik Svensson
3.92 avg rating — 21,239 ratings 68. 
Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World
by:
Bernie Krause
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Truth About Nature: A Family's Guide to 144 Common Myths about the Great Outdoors
by:
Stacy Tornio
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings 72. 
Mountain Passages: Natural and Cultural History of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains
by:
George Ellison
3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings 
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National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom!
by:
J. Patrick Lewis
4.22 avg rating — 288 ratings 75. 
Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature
by:
Paul Martineau
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37 ratings 76. 
Earth's Last Great Places: Exploring the Nature Conservancy Worldwide
by:
Noel Grove
3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings 77. 
Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
by:
Emma Marris
4.06 avg rating — 1,067 ratings 78. 
Nature's Steward: A History of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida
by:
Nick Penniman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 79. 
Notes from the Wild: The Nature Recording Expeditions of Bernie Krause
by:
Bernie Krause
3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings 80. 
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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Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World
by:
Bernie Krause
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Georgia's Amazing Coast: Natural Wonders from Alligators to Zoeas
by:
David Bryant
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 86. 
The Forest: Nature Board Book (A Nature Panorama)
by:
Susan Deming
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 87. 
Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide to Nature Poems
by:
John Felstiner
3.48 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Island Passages: An Illustrated History of Jekyll Island, Georgia
by:
Jingle Davis
4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings 94. 
Island Time: An Illustrated History of St. Simons Island, Georgia
by:
Jingle Davis
4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings 95. 
Sapelo: People and Place on a Georgia Sea Island
by:
Buddy Sullivan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 96. 
The Creature Garden: An Illustrator's Guide to Beautiful Beasts & Fictional Fauna
by:
Zanna Goldhawk
4.12 avg rating — 141 ratings 97. 
The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
by:
Leslie Bennett
3.66 avg rating — 362 ratings 98. 
A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World's First National Park
by:
Erin Peabody
3.82 avg rating — 154 ratings 99. 
The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
by:
Craig Pittman
3.80 avg rating — 236 ratings 