Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Rebecca Short, LMFT (5 Lists)



Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Song of the Dodo by David QuammenThe Flight of the Iguana by David QuammenThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Best of Natural History
361 books — 68 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters

The Edge of the Sea by Rachel CarsonThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryLongitude by Dava SobelPoseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen ScalesSpirals in Time by Helen Scales
Natural History of the Seashore for Adults
163 books — 35 voters
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeH Is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Capture by Kathryn LaskyThe Last Eagle by Daniel P. Mannix
Books about Birds of Prey
93 books — 16 voters

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane AckermanGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensA Natural History of the Senses by Diane AckermanTreachery by S.J. ParrisThe Planets by Diane Ackerman
Best of Diane Ackerman
24 books — 2 voters