Big Books of 2026

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Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerTouching the Void by Joe Simpson
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
101 books — 263 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyAfter the Ice by Steven Mithen
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
480 books — 172 voters

This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Spell of the Sensuous by David AbramSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonWoman and Nature by Susan GriffinThe Carbon Almanac by The Carbon Almanac Network
Waking Up to the Earth and Sky
213 books — 37 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Fiction Books about the Environment and Sustainability
217 books — 201 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
284 books — 62 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverBirdbrain by Virginia Arthur
Women Environmental/Ecological Writers, Fiction, Non-fiction & Poetry/Prose
191 books — 36 voters

At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy ChevalierRemarkable Creatures by Tracy ChevalierProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverFreedom by Jonathan FranzenFlight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Ecological Fiction
92 books — 6 voters
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverRemarkable Creatures by Tracy ChevalierFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church
Naturalists as Characters in Fiction
146 books — 45 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Non-Fiction that reads like fiction
396 books — 258 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-GarrardWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
The 25 Essential Books for the Well-Read Explorer
26 books — 2 voters


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