Environmental Books (32 books)

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Non-fiction books about the environment, including science and essays. The list may include books about Earth’s environment for people of all ages. Please do not include field guides here.

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1	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 4.06 avg rating — 55,876 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 17,456 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 80,550 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James E. Lovelock 3.81 avg rating — 2,377 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time by Ben Ehrenreich 3.50 avg rating — 850 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) by Miranda Paul (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 2,088 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Song for the Earth by Shannon Jade (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Loose on the Landscape: An Ecologist Looks for Meaning in the Wildest Places by Joel Everett Harding (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Population Explosion by Paul R. Ehrlich 3.75 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg 3.85 avg rating — 28,013 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,043 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein 4.17 avg rating — 6,503 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter 4.33 avg rating — 1,339 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time by Will McCallum 3.67 avg rating — 2,957 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola 4.23 avg rating — 797 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot 4.27 avg rating — 713 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams 4.19 avg rating — 10,894 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 742 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest by Rebel Girls 4.43 avg rating — 347 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat 4.21 avg rating — 26,101 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience by Wangari Maathai 3.85 avg rating — 250 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World by Bill Nye 4.14 avg rating — 3,866 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by Edward Humes (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 418 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson 4.22 avg rating — 6,260 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 36,409 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds by Christopher Cokinos 4.22 avg rating — 455 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett 4.22 avg rating — 10,762 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston 4.16 avg rating — 122,970 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold 4.31 avg rating — 36,965 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson 4.17 avg rating — 5,144 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon by Tucker Malarkey (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 970 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Rough Guide to Climate Change 1 by Robert Henson 3.74 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars