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1.
Silent Spring
by:
Rachel Carson
4.05 avg rating β 53,314 ratings
2.
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
by:
Aldo Leopold
4.31 avg rating β 35,158 ratings
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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
by:
David Quammen
4.29 avg rating β 8,561 ratings
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The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
by:
David Quammen
4.18 avg rating β 1,601 ratings
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
by:
Elisabeth Tova Bailey
4.15 avg rating β 20,368 ratings
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The Snow Leopard
by:
Peter Matthiessen
4.07 avg rating β 19,812 ratings
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Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
by:
William Stolzenburg
4.23 avg rating β 2,065 ratings
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by:
Peter Wohlleben
4.07 avg rating β 84,761 ratings
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The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live & Why They Matter
by:
Colin Tudge
3.95 avg rating β 2,033 ratings
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Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay
by:
Danielle Clode
4.02 avg rating β 53 ratings
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The Origin of Species
by:
Charles Darwin
4.01 avg rating β 120,185 ratings
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The Life of Mammals
by:
David Attenborough
4.40 avg rating β 999 ratings
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
by:
Dan Flores
4.09 avg rating β 7,198 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 β 57,040 ratings
15.
My Family and Other Animals
by:
Gerald Durrell
4.17 avg rating β 61,493 ratings
16.
Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds
by:
Scott Weidensaul
4.41 avg rating β 577 ratings
17.
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
by:
Steve Brusatte
4.21 avg rating β 38,320 ratings
18.
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by:
Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.38 avg rating β 18,771 ratings
19.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
by:
Stephen Jay Gould
4.14 avg rating β 10,151 ratings
20.
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by:
Robert M. Sapolsky
4.39 avg rating β 8,660 ratings
21.
The Diversity of Life
by:
Edward O. Wilson
4.21 avg rating β 6,189 ratings
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The Forest Unseen: A Yearβs Watch in Nature
by:
David George Haskell
4.24 avg rating β 4,225 ratings
23.
Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
by:
Carl Safina
4.25 avg rating β 917 ratings
24.
The Genius of Birds
by:
Jennifer Ackerman
4.04 avg rating β 13,004 ratings
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The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
by:
Peter Wohlleben
3.76 avg rating β 9,510 ratings
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Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
by:
J.Z. Hunt
4.03 avg rating β 35 ratings
26.
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
by:
Nichola Raihani
3.93 avg rating β 618 ratings
28.
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
by:
Ben Rawlence
4.24 avg rating β 1,718 ratings
29.
The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
by:
Graeme Gibson
3.77 avg rating β 784 ratings
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The Place in the Forest
by:
R.D. Lawrence
4.63 avg rating β 19 ratings
31.
A Most Dangerous Journey: The Life of an African Elephant
by:
Roger A. Caras
4.08 avg rating β 13 ratings
31.
Lily Pond: Four Years with a Family of Beavers
by:
Hope Ryden
4.45 avg rating β 91 ratings
31.
Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
by:
John Lewis-Stempel
3.91 avg rating β 222 ratings
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Last Chance to See
by:
Douglas Adams
4.32 avg rating β 25,704 ratings
35.
Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature
by:
Susan E. Davis
4.29 avg rating β 220 ratings
36.
The GalΓ‘pagos: A Natural History
by:
Henry Nicholls
4.02 avg rating β 623 ratings
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Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
by:
Lucy Jones
3.91 avg rating β 568 ratings
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
by:
Lee Alan Dugatkin
4.22 avg rating β 1,785 ratings
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Hugh's Hedgehog: Obsession Nostalgia And A Very British Animal
by:
Hugh Warwick
3.84 avg rating β 549 ratings
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Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
by:
Michael Allin
3.58 avg rating β 648 ratings
40.
Rain: Four Walks in English Weather
by:
Melissa Harrison
3.84 avg rating β 798 ratings
42.
Georgia Walks: Discovering Hikes Through the Peach State's Natural and Human History
by:
Ren Davis
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings
42.
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
by:
Riley Black
3.93 avg rating β 3,701 ratings
44.
The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland
by:
John Lewis-Stempel
4.21 avg rating β 1,369 ratings
45.
Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery
by:
Steve Nicholls
4.26 avg rating β 53 ratings
46.
Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America
by:
Paul S. Martin
3.90 avg rating β 209 ratings
46.
Wolves in the Land of Salmon
by:
David Moskowitz
4.22 avg rating β 198 ratings
48.
Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
by:
Douglas Macdougall
4.09 avg rating β 186 ratings
48.
Planet Earth II
by:
Stephen Moss
4.56 avg rating β 155 ratings
48.
Dancing With Herons: Bearing Witness to Local Natural History
by:
Joni L. James
4.57 avg rating β 7 ratings
51.
Ravenmaster
by:
Christopher Skaife
4.04 avg rating β 5,895 ratings
52.
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
by:
Tim Flannery
4.09 avg rating β 922 ratings
53.
Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
by:
Rob Dunn
4.20 avg rating β 2,401 ratings
53.
Europe: A Natural History
by:
Tim Flannery
4.10 avg rating β 961 ratings
55.
Life in the Undergrowth
by:
David Attenborough
4.44 avg rating β 404 ratings
56.
The Life of Birds
by:
David Attenborough
4.41 avg rating β 1,731 ratings
57.
Life in Cold Blood
by:
David Attenborough
4.42 avg rating β 290 ratings
58.
Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
by:
Douglas Preston
4.15 avg rating β 1,045 ratings
59.
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
by:
Jennifer Ackerman
4.23 avg rating β 3,955 ratings
60.
Nature Encyclopedia: An A-Z Guide to Life on Earth
by:
Oxford University Press
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating
61.
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
by:
Diana Preston
4.08 avg rating β 1,259 ratings
62.
Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses
by:
Gavin Ehringer
3.73 avg rating β 83 ratings
63.
Trees: Their Natural History
by:
Peter Thomas
4.31 avg rating β 94 ratings
64.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by:
Michael Pollan
4.19 avg rating β 208,899 ratings
65.
Sapelo: People and Place on a Georgia Sea Island
by:
Buddy Sullivan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating
66.
The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders All Around You
by:
Clare Walker Leslie
4.10 avg rating β 483 ratings
67.
Wild Hares & Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village
by:
Stephen Moss
4.14 avg rating β 216 ratings
68.
Bartram's Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South
by:
William Bartram
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
69.
The Southern Frontier: Landscapes Inspired by Bartram's Travels
by:
Steven High
4.40 avg rating β 5 ratings
69.
Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays
by:
John Muir
4.29 avg rating β 950 ratings
71.
Wildhood: The Astounding Connections between Human and Animal Adolescents
by:
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
4.12 avg rating β 497 ratings
72.
A Natural History Of North American Trees
by:
Donald Culross Peattie
4.37 avg rating β 198 ratings
73.
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
by:
Stephen Jay Gould
4.13 avg rating β 3,561 ratings
74.
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
by:
Susan Casey
4.04 avg rating β 3,303 ratings
75.
Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Waterβs Edge
by:
Susan Hand Shetterly
3.88 avg rating β 518 ratings
76.
The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Butterflies and Moths: A Natural History and Identification Guide
by:
Sally Morgan
4.39 avg rating β 28 ratings
77.
Natural History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth
by:
D.K. Publishing
4.66 avg rating β 639 ratings
78.
Conifers of the Pacific Slope
by:
Michael Edward Kauffmann
4.70 avg rating β 23 ratings
78.
The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
by:
Henry Beston
4.07 avg rating β 3,782 ratings
78.
Lemurs of the Lost World
by:
Jane Wilson-Howarth
3.91 avg rating β 11 ratings
78.
Rat Island: Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue
by:
William Stolzenburg
4.27 avg rating β 376 ratings
78.
In Search of Lost Frogs: The Quest to Find the World's Rarest Amphibians
by:
Robin Moore
4.64 avg rating β 125 ratings
78.
Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico
by:
Marty Essen
4.10 avg rating β 61 ratings
78.
Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade
by:
Tammie Matson
4.08 avg rating β 38 ratings
78.
Beneath the Dark Hill: Life & Wildlife in the Scottish Lowlands
by:
Chris Ferris
4.33 avg rating β 3 ratings
78.
Tracking the Vanishing Frogs: An Ecological Mystery
by:
Kathryn Phillips
4.15 avg rating β 53 ratings
78.
Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
by:
John N. Maclean
4.16 avg rating β 1,527 ratings
78.
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by:
Henry Gee
4.05 avg rating β 2,895 ratings
78.
The Natural History Story Book
by:
Ethel Talbot
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
78.
The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence
by:
Ishi Nobu
4.92 avg rating β 12 ratings
78.
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4.67 avg rating β 30 ratings
78.
Gorillas in the Mist
by:
Dian Fossey
4.15 avg rating β 21,056 ratings
93.
Timberline: Mountain and Arctic Forest Frontiers
by:
Stephen F. Arno
4.18 avg rating β 11 ratings
93.
Crossing Paths: Uncommon Encounters With Animals in the Wild
by:
Craig Childs
4.18 avg rating β 67 ratings
93.
Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
by:
Marty Essen
4.02 avg rating β 44 ratings
93.
Tears of Mermaids
by:
Stephen G. Bloom
3.50 avg rating β 107 ratings
93.
The Zoo That Never Was
by:
R.D. Lawrence
4.47 avg rating β 49 ratings
93.
Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States (A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book)
by:
Carol Ruckdeschel
4.06 avg rating β 16 ratings
93.
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
by:
Douglas W. Tallamy
4.45 avg rating β 3,467 ratings
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The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem
by:
Jon R. Luoma
4.25 avg rating β 339 ratings
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