Best Books about the Natural World

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Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,117 ratings
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The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,096 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,158 ratings
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,864 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,793 ratings
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Hatchet (Hatchet, #1)
Hatchet (Hatchet, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 439,487 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,566 ratings
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative 3.97 avg rating — 14,022 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,341 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,326 ratings
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,721 ratings
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder 3.93 avg rating — 14,739 ratings
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Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 22,115 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,935 ratings
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
I Heard the Owl Call My Name 4.05 avg rating — 8,726 ratings
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail 4.10 avg rating — 29,348 ratings
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves 4.21 avg rating — 25,556 ratings
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Migrations
Migrations 4.12 avg rating — 91,909 ratings
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The Wild Life of the Fox
The Wild Life of the Fox 3.61 avg rating — 208 ratings
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Anthill
Anthill 3.67 avg rating — 2,786 ratings
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 28,460 ratings
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The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 76,473 ratings
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The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 94,560 ratings
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A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)
A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 12,781 ratings
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The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming
The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming 3.99 avg rating — 3,441 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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Coyote: North America's Dog
Coyote: North America's Dog 3.40 avg rating — 20 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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Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3)
Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 10,933 ratings
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America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams
America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams 4.41 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet
Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet 4.32 avg rating — 633 ratings
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Savaged
Savaged 4.14 avg rating — 26,083 ratings
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons
Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons 4.24 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams 4.23 avg rating — 8,801 ratings
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The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From a Hidden World
The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From a Hidden World 3.59 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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The One-Straw Revolution
The One-Straw Revolution 4.34 avg rating — 8,940 ratings
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The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland
The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland 4.21 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
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Last of the Breed
Last of the Breed 4.27 avg rating — 14,719 ratings
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The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things
The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things 4.05 avg rating — 6,881 ratings
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Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings
Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings 4.69 avg rating — 286 ratings
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Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War 3.91 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Two Against the North (originally titled Lost in the Barrens), by Farley Mowat: A Novel Study
Two Against the North (originally titled Lost in the Barrens), by Farley Mowat: A Novel Study 4.01 avg rating — 2,847 ratings
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The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World 3.76 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
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Edge Walker
Edge Walker 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Fox
Fox 4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Wolf in the Whale
The Wolf in the Whale 4.11 avg rating — 5,173 ratings
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The Hidden World of the Fox
The Hidden World of the Fox 3.80 avg rating — 1,217 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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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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The Lorax
The Lorax
by: Dr. Seuss
4.35 avg rating — 363,714 ratings
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Spirits That Dwell in Deep Woods: The Prayer and Praise Hymns of the Black Religious Experience
Spirits That Dwell in Deep Woods: The Prayer and Praise Hymns of the Black Religious Experience it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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Trail of the Spanish Bit (Spanish Bit Saga, #1)
Trail of the Spanish Bit (Spanish Bit Saga, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Tears of Mermaids
Tears of Mermaids 3.50 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating — 29,051 ratings
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Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay
Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Tom Brown's Guide to Healing the Earth
Tom Brown's Guide to Healing the Earth 4.11 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife 3.76 avg rating — 275 ratings
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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,238 ratings
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Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros
Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros 4.21 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Owls in the Family
Owls in the Family 4.11 avg rating — 5,754 ratings
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100 Australian Wildflowers
100 Australian Wildflowers 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating — 186,032 ratings
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The Moon of the Owls (The Thirteen Moons Series)
The Moon of the Owls (The Thirteen Moons Series) 4.13 avg rating — 61 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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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea 4.14 avg rating — 20,355 ratings
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A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration 4.07 avg rating — 721 ratings
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Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History
Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing
Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing 4.38 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
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Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates
Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart
Budgerigar: How a Brave, Chatty and Colourful Little Aussie Bird Stole the World's Heart 3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Two Old Women, [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Two Old Women, [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival 4.08 avg rating — 17,689 ratings
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Slow Down
Slow Down 4.57 avg rating — 548 ratings
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A Whale for the Killing (The Farley Mowat Series)
A Whale for the Killing (The Farley Mowat Series) 4.17 avg rating — 1,419 ratings
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The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man
The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year
Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year 3.82 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood 4.02 avg rating — 3,512 ratings
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The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari
The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari 3.65 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Watch for Me on the Mountain
Watch for Me on the Mountain 4.25 avg rating — 597 ratings
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What an Owl Knows: the new science of the world’s most enigmatic birds
What an Owl Knows: the new science of the world’s most enigmatic birds 4.15 avg rating — 6,303 ratings
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The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life 4.21 avg rating — 6,189 ratings
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A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F: Fascinating Facts on All Things Flora and Fauna
A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F: Fascinating Facts on All Things Flora and Fauna 3.04 avg rating — 26 ratings
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In Search of the Scottish Wildcat
In Search of the Scottish Wildcat 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The River Why
The River Why 4.22 avg rating — 12,393 ratings
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The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4)
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 61,106 ratings
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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins 4.04 avg rating — 3,303 ratings
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The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous
The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous 4.24 avg rating — 51 ratings
88.
A Coyote's in the House
A Coyote's in the House 3.57 avg rating — 477 ratings
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Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,789 ratings
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Twilight Hunters: Wolves, Coyotes and Foxes
Twilight Hunters: Wolves, Coyotes and Foxes 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree 4.14 avg rating — 17,569 ratings
92.
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 83,263 ratings
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History 4.09 avg rating — 7,201 ratings
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Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness
Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness 4.23 avg rating — 424 ratings
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Coyote Music: An Other Humorous Tales of the Early West
Coyote Music: An Other Humorous Tales of the Early West really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Coyote Valley: Deep History in the High Rockies
Coyote Valley: Deep History in the High Rockies 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Dying of the Trees
The Dying of the Trees 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Eastern Coyote: The Story of Its Success
Eastern Coyote: The Story of Its Success 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Search: The Continuing Story of the The Tracker
The Search: The Continuing Story of the The Tracker 4.13 avg rating — 446 ratings
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Earth Medicine: Ancestor's Ways of Harmony for Many Moons
Earth Medicine: Ancestor's Ways of Harmony for Many Moons 4.40 avg rating — 198 ratings
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