Recommended Nature Writing

List of the Month
Avril 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.
1
La vie secrète des arbres
de Peter Wohlleben
3,598 membres
114 critiques
4
25 Members
LynnB, charl08, kleo, RSard, souci, FAMeulstee, elenchus, Heather39, EMS_24, NorthernTeacher, -Cee-, SonoranDreamer, starbox, gylafowler, Lynsey2, barefootsong, SoccerMomKnits, aspirit, danbennett, maschi, steller0707, nankuo, Drapetsona, Glenda60, RaeCreated, ,eronn
Explications
eronn : accidental, should be a thumbs UP
2
L'arbre-monde
de Richard Powers
5,371 membres
244 critiques
4.1
16 Members
karenb, Hanno, paradoxosalpha, mooingzelda, charl08, claire.rivers, LDVoorberg, CDay, NorthernTeacher, igorken, 13west, kara.shamy, Lynsey2, steller0707, nankuo, RaeCreated
3
Printemps silencieux
de Rachel Carson
6,525 membres
97 critiques
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
1,303 membres
94 critiques
4.2
11 Members
DetailMuse, raidergirl3, krazy4katz, CoriatLib, Heather39, perennialreader, -Cee-, gylafowler, SoccerMomKnits, Booksplorer, Tosta
Explications
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
"Almanach d'un comte des sables" suivi de quelques croquis
de Aldo Leopold
4,390 membres
59 critiques
4.2
10 Members
lorax, stretch, mldg, PaperbackPirate, elenchus, Heather39, perennialreader, emglider, steller0707, Tosta
Explications
perennialreader: As relevant today as when it was published.
7
M pour Mabel
de Helen Macdonald
4,363 membres
281 critiques
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, LynnB, etxgardener, charl08, CDay, -Cee-, Kristelh, vwinsloe, Lynsey2, Charon07
8
Ma famille et autres animaux
de Gerald Durrell
5,264 membres
150 critiques
4.2
8 Members
arethusarose, etxgardener, shelfoflisa, CarltonC, Maddz, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong
9
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
de Michael Pollan
1,573 membres
32 critiques
3.9
9 Members
tardis, DetailMuse, CorneliusNepos, claire.rivers, dhm, CDay, sturlington, perennialreader, gylafowler
Explications
perennialreader: Wonderful way of looking at nature and our relationship to the earth.
10
Last Chance to See
de Douglas Adams
4,120 membres
83 critiques
4.2
8 Members
ursula, hipdeep, norabelle414, NorthernTeacher, al.vick, Cora-R, maschi, RaeCreated
Explications
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!
11
Un jardin dans les Appalaches
de Barbara Kingsolver
7,662 membres
259 critiques
4.1
9 Members
dudes22, PaperbackPirate, sturlington, 13west, Lynsey2, emglider, SoccerMomKnits, macpherson.lj, Tosta,arethusarose ,etxgardener
12
Walden ou La vie dans les bois
de Henry David Thoreau
14,125 membres
192 critiques
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, SilentInAWay, dhm, jburlinson, FAMeulstee, shelfoflisa, gypsysmom, kristilabrie
Explications
kristilabrie: One of my first loves in nature writing. An early favorite.
13
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
de Isabella Tree
476 membres
12 critiques
½ 4.4
7 Members
farflungfish, mikej, Willoyd, NorthernTeacher, bereanna, gylafowler, elahrairah
14
Promenons-nous dans les bois
de Bill Bryson
16,882 membres
475 critiques
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 membres
153 critiques
4
7 Members
LynnB, DetailMuse, PaperbackPirate, skyrad43, sturlington, megbmore, Lynsey2
16
Désert solitaire
de Edward Abbey
3,928 membres
88 critiques
4.2
7 Members
Hanno, stretch, dhm, CarltonC, gylafowler, danbennett, Tosta
17
Un an dans la vie d'une forêt
de David George Haskell
610 membres
17 critiques
4.2
5 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro, LDVoorberg, catascott, RaeCreated
18
Ma montagne
de Jean Craighead George
11,817 membres
147 critiques
4
5 Members
casvelyn, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, suvrose, MaryEK
19
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
24,908 membres
472 critiques
4.2
6 Members
LynnB, EerierIdyllMeme, pondelro, skyrad43, NorthernTeacher, elahrairah,alsocass
20
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
de Jane Goodall
712 membres
13 critiques
4.2
4 Members
CoriatLib, al.vick, ahef1963, LibraryCin
21
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
de Henry Beston
944 membres
30 critiques
4.1
4 Members
hailelib, lilithcat, CDay, vwinsloe
Explications
lilithcat: My review says it all: https://www.librarything.com/work/160624/reviews/531710
22
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
de Barry Lopez
309 membres
5 critiques
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 membres
11 critiques
4.1
4 Members
lorax, eronn, SonoranDreamer, jwk
24
Landmarks
de Robert Macfarlane
858 membres
15 critiques
4.2
4 Members
charl08, dhm, ghr4, Jeanettelth
25
Rêves arctiques
de Barry Lopez
1,950 membres
40 critiques
4.1
4 Members
janoorani24, SilentInAWay, jwk, danbennett
Explications
janoorani24: A mesmerizing exploration of the Arctic landscape.
27
The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,198 membres
57 critiques
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 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.4
5 Members
hipdeep, mikej, susanbooks, ahef1963, steller0707,Hanno ,arethusarose ,alsocass
Explications
susanbooks: Not explicitly nature writing, but implicitly so: a story of what happens, eras later, when humanity's resource extraction has run amok.
29
Un été prodigue
de Barbara Kingsolver
8,995 membres
196 critiques
4
4 Members
LDVoorberg, crittergirl, LibraryCin, kara.shamy,Hanno
30
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
de Peter Godfrey-Smith
1,825 membres
63 critiques
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, Treebeard_404
31
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
de Robert Macfarlane
1,674 membres
55 critiques
4.1
3 Members
igorken, jsedey, captainsunbeam
32
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
de Thor Hanson
318 membres
11 critiques
3.9
3 Members
lorax, Bookmarque, CoriatLib
33
Mes amies les loutres
de Gavin Maxwell
935 membres
23 critiques
4
3 Members
jlshall, Oandthegang, kristybrysonedits
34
L'Origine des espèces
de Charles Darwin
14,373 membres
121 critiques
4.1
3 Members
mikej, FAMeulstee, birder4106
Explications
birder4106: Bücherlisten über die Natur ohne Darwin, Wegener und Wallace: undenkbar!
35
The Natural History of Selborne
de Gilbert White
955 membres
9 critiques
3.8
3 Members
abbottthomas, Oandthegang, aileverte
36
La vie de l'océan
de Rachel Carson
688 membres
11 critiques
3.9
3 Members
lilithcat, CoriatLib, spiphany
Explications
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
37
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
de Bernd Heinrich
260 membres
7 critiques
4
3 Members
DetailMuse, Comatoes, Treebeard_404
Explications
Comatoes: How does death announce itself in nature? This book describes death in numinous ways.
38
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
de Annie Dillard
5,483 membres
105 critiques
4.2
3 Members
SilentInAWay, jlshall, Heather39
39
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
de Robin Wall Kimmerer
875 membres
25 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
raidergirl3, CaitZ, jakebornheimer
40
The Outrun
de Amy Liptrot
456 membres
19 critiques
3.9
3 Members
mooingzelda, CarltonC, kara.shamy
41
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
de Lawrence Anthony
766 membres
43 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
CoriatLib, vwinsloe, Cora-R
42
Mes amis les loups
de Farley Mowat
2,712 membres
63 critiques
4.1
3 Members
tardis, EerierIdyllMeme, ahef1963
43
Prodigieuses créatures
de Tracy Chevalier
3,227 membres
226 critiques
3.9
3 Members
hailelib, raidergirl3, perennialreader
Explications
perennialreader: Mary Anning is a fossil hunter with a passion for her work. One of the most interesting female scientist.
44
Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,638 membres
158 critiques
4.1
3 Members
LynnB, alsocass, Kristelh,arethusarose
45
Il était une fois nos ancêtres : Une histoire de l'évolution
de Richard Dawkins
4,348 membres
74 critiques
4.2
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, dhm
46
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
de Sy Montgomery
2,315 membres
114 critiques
3.8
2 Members
laruebk, Charon07
47
The Peregrine
de J. A. Baker
817 membres
16 critiques
4.1
2 Members
uru, Lyttlefold
50
Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness
de Doug Peacock
68 membres
2 critiques
4
2 Members
douggob, jwk
51
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
de Craig Childs
355 membres
11 critiques
4.2
2 Members
rshart3, eronn
52
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England
de Tom Wessels
302 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
Bookmarque, kristilabrie
Explications
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.
53
Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly
de Sue Halpern
168 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
perennialreader, mgnm
Explications
perennialreader: Great information about the complicated world of monarch migration.
54
Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Much Maligned American Original
de Dayton O. Hyde
78 membres
2 critiques
4
2 Members
pickupf, RailMilFic
Explications
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."
55
Speak to the Earth: Pages From a Farmwife's Journal
de Rachel Peden
47 membres
5
2 Members
casvelyn, jennyduncan
56
L'Empreinte de toute chose
de Elizabeth Gilbert
3,477 membres
196 critiques
3.9
2 Members
bjappleg8, kara.shamy
57
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature
de Loren Eiseley
946 membres
14 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
mikej, JulieStielstra
58
Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs
de Sue Hubbell
272 membres
4 critiques
3.9
2 Members
mldg, mgnm
59
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
de Diane Ackerman
156 membres
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 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.3
2 Members
suvrose, jennyduncan
61
Field Guide to Birds of North America
de Edward S. Brinkley
166 membres
1 critique
4.2
2 Members
tardis, kristilabrie
Explications
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.
62
Tarka the Otter ( penguin 81)
de Henry Williamson
880 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
mikej, Kristelh
63
The Singing Wilderness
de Sigurd F. Olson
235 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Oberon, emglider
64
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
de Trevor Herriot
35 membres
2 critiques
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 membres
41 critiques
4.1
2 Members
bjappleg8, Charon07
66
The Land of Little Rain
de Mary Austin
596 membres
13 critiques
3.9
2 Members
noveltea, Faranae
67
Sightlines
de Kathleen Jamie
294 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
southernbooklady, kristybrysonedits
68
The Evening Chorus
de Helen Humphreys
226 membres
24 critiques
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy
69
Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder
de David Gessner
91 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
pondelro, ncsurfer
70
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
de Richard Louv
2,536 membres
44 critiques
4
3 Members
alsocass, nandadevi, Jeanettelth,arethusarose ,
71
The Living Mountain
de Nan Shepherd
592 membres
26 critiques
4.1
2 Members
mooingzelda, kristybrysonedits
72
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
de Janisse Ray
519 membres
11 critiques
3.9
2 Members
southernbooklady, jennyduncan
73
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
de Ben Goldfarb
280 membres
16 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro
74
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
de Menno Schilthuizen
260 membres
6 critiques
3.9
2 Members
FAMeulstee, EMS_24
75
Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
de Roger Deakin
509 membres
11 critiques
4.2
2 Members
charl08, aileverte
76
La 6e extinction
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,634 membres
163 critiques
4.1
Member
Navarone
77
Le dernier ermite
de Michael Finkel
1,812 membres
112 critiques
3.9
Member
fulner
78
L'homme qui plantait des arbres
de Jean Giono
1,801 membres
45 critiques
4.1
Member
unctifer
79
Le Guide du chasseur de nuages
de Gavin Pretor-Pinney
1,382 membres
36 critiques
3.8
Member
ncsurfer
81
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
de Erma Bombeck
985 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
suitable1
82
The Wild Places
de Robert Macfarlane
953 membres
26 critiques
4
Member
kristybrysonedits
83
Lobo le loup & autres animaux sauvages de mes connaissances
de Ernest Thompson Seton
924 membres
8 critiques
4
Member
DellaWanna
84
La nature assassinée
de Bill McKibben
915 membres
12 critiques
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 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
Comatoes
Explications
Comatoes: One of the first frameworks for nature writing.
86
Of Wolves and Men by Lopez, Barry (1979) Paperback
de Barry Holstun Lopez
862 membres
11 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
EileenGullo
87
Redwoods
de Jason Chin
694 membres
61 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
88
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
de Douglas W. Tallamy
575 membres
15 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
jbergerot
89
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
de Dorothy Wordsworth
502 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jennyduncan
90
Encounters with Animals
de Gerald Durrell
483 membres
4 critiques
3.8
Member
tardis
Explications
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 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
unctifer
92
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
de Bill McKibben
416 membres
4.2
Member
wolfetr
93
Ma fabuleuse aventure avec les bourdons
de Dave Goulson
387 membres
14 critiques
4.1
Member
NoPlanetB
94
The Trees in My Forest
de Bernd Heinrich
381 membres
4 critiques
4.2
Member
MaryEK
95
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
de Catherine Raven
326 membres
18 critiques
3.8
Member
catherine_raven
96
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
de Douglas W. Tallamy
325 membres
10 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
ValerieAndBooks
97
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
de Kenn Kaufman
325 membres
11 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
davidisreading
98
Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors
de Pete Dunne
312 membres
5 critiques
4
Member
dianeham
99
Extraordinary Insects
de Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
296 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
flips
100
Someday a Tree
de Eve Bunting
253 membres
8 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
cataylor