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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,136 ratings — published 1962
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 249 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.51 — 174,472 ratings — published 2013
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 179 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.11 — 197,654 ratings — published 2018
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.31 — 36,468 ratings — published 1949
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.15 — 79,603 ratings — published 2014
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.07 — 89,447 ratings — published 2015
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,756 ratings — published 2014
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,436 ratings — published 2007
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.99 — 29,927 ratings — published 2019
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Desert Solitaire Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.18 — 54,640 ratings — published 1968
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.32 — 51,460 ratings — published 2020
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.19 — 210,577 ratings — published 2006
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.28 — 59,339 ratings — published 2024
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Walden or, Life in the Woods Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.77 — 204,650 ratings — published 1854
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.07 — 446,784 ratings — published 1998
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,262 ratings — published 2007
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.38 — 20,881 ratings — published 2003
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,437 ratings — published 1975
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.41 — 6,493 ratings — published 2020
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,514 ratings — published 2002
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,129 ratings — published 2021
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,785 ratings — published 2004
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Migrations Migrations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.11 — 103,384 ratings — published 2020
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,174 ratings — published 2021
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.21 — 80,766 ratings — published 2009
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,939 ratings — published 1986
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 57 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.06 — 59,518 ratings — published 2001
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.33 — 29,824 ratings — published 2015
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The Lorax The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.35 — 370,448 ratings — published 1971
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,944 ratings — published 2021
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Flight Behavior Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.82 — 102,364 ratings — published 2012
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.85 — 27,840 ratings — published 2019
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,362 ratings — published 2017
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.04 — 459,103 ratings — published 1997
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.34 — 11,514 ratings — published 2017
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The End of Nature The End of Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,134 ratings — published 1989
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.79 — 7,000 ratings — published 2006
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.07 — 119,592 ratings — published 2008
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.50 — 34,596 ratings — published 2020
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Once There Were Wolves Once There Were Wolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.09 — 126,986 ratings — published 2021
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.69 — 17,324 ratings — published 2019
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The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,619 ratings — published 2020
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as environmental)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,093 ratings — published 2005
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,112 ratings — published 2022
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,202 ratings — published 2019
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Wild Dark Shore Wild Dark Shore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.12 — 334,605 ratings — published 2025
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,088 ratings — published 2010
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 40 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.07 — 133,259 ratings — published 2009
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,936 ratings — published 1974
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as environmental)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,780 ratings — published 2020
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.”
John F. Kennedy

Steven Magee
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Steven Magee

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