Recommended Nature Writing

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate, Discoveries from a Secret World

por Peter Wohlleben

3,576 membros

113 críticas

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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
Explicações: eronn : accidental, should be a thumbs UP

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The Overstory

por Richard Powers

5,346 membros

244 críticas

4.1

16 Members: karenb, Hanno, paradoxosalpha, mooingzelda, charl08, claire.rivers, LDVoorberg, CDay, NorthernTeacher, igorken, 13west, kara.shamy, Lynsey2, steller0707, nankuo, RaeCreated

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Silent Spring

por Rachel Carson

6,507 membros

97 críticas

4

12 Members: hailelib, stretch, TheDivineOomba, DetailMuse, CDay, PaperbackPirate, birder4106, eronn, -Cee-, vwinsloe, steller0707, elahrairah

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

por Elisabeth Tova Bailey

1,299 membros

94 críticas

4.1

11 Members: DetailMuse, raidergirl3, krazy4katz, CoriatLib, Heather39, perennialreader, -Cee-, gylafowler, SoccerMomKnits, Booksplorer, Tosta
Explicações: 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.

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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

por Aldo Leopold

4,375 membros

59 críticas

4.2

10 Members: lorax, stretch, mldg, PaperbackPirate, elenchus, Heather39, perennialreader, emglider, steller0707, Tosta
Explicações: perennialreader: As relevant today as when it was published.

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

por Robin Wall Kimmerer

4,071 membros

117 críticas

½ 4.4

10 Members: southernbooklady, raidergirl3, norabelle414, dudes22, Heather39, SonoranDreamer, bereanna, barefootsong, macpherson.lj, nankuo,arethusarose

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H Is for Hawk

por Helen Macdonald

4,345 membros

278 críticas

3.9

10 Members: hipdeep, LynnB, etxgardener, charl08, CDay, -Cee-, Kristelh, vwinsloe, Lynsey2, Charon07

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My Family and Other Animals

por Gerald Durrell

5,251 membros

150 críticas

4.2

8 Members: arethusarose, etxgardener, shelfoflisa, CarltonC, Maddz, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong

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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

por Michael Pollan

1,567 membros

32 críticas

3.9

9 Members: tardis, DetailMuse, CorneliusNepos, claire.rivers, dhm, CDay, sturlington, perennialreader, gylafowler
Explicações: perennialreader: Wonderful way of looking at nature and our relationship to the earth.

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Last Chance to See

por Douglas Adams

4,112 membros

83 críticas

4.2

8 Members: ursula, hipdeep, norabelle414, NorthernTeacher, al.vick, Cora-R, maschi, RaeCreated
Explicações: 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!

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

por Barbara Kingsolver

7,657 membros

259 críticas

4.1

9 Members: dudes22, PaperbackPirate, sturlington, 13west, Lynsey2, emglider, SoccerMomKnits, macpherson.lj, Tosta,arethusarose ,etxgardener

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Walden

por Henry David Thoreau

14,098 membros

189 críticas

3.8

8 Members: hipdeep, SilentInAWay, dhm, jburlinson, FAMeulstee, shelfoflisa, gypsysmom, kristilabrie
Explicações: kristilabrie: One of my first loves in nature writing. An early favorite.

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Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm

por Isabella Tree

472 membros

12 críticas

½ 4.4

7 Members: farflungfish, mikej, Willoyd, NorthernTeacher, bereanna, gylafowler, elahrairah

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

por Bill Bryson

16,850 membros

473 críticas

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8 Members: hipdeep, arethusarose, shelfoflisa, 13west, emglider, maschi, TheStonedMason, Tosta,EMS_24

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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

por Michael Pollan

5,308 membros

153 críticas

4

7 Members: LynnB, DetailMuse, PaperbackPirate, skyrad43, sturlington, megbmore, Lynsey2

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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

por Edward Abbey

3,923 membros

88 críticas

4.2

7 Members: Hanno, stretch, dhm, CarltonC, gylafowler, danbennett, Tosta

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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature

por David George Haskell

609 membros

17 críticas

4.2

5 Members: Bookmarque, pondelro, LDVoorberg, catascott, RaeCreated

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My Side of the Mountain

por Jean Craighead George

11,754 membros

147 críticas

4

5 Members: casvelyn, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, suvrose, MaryEK

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Watership Down

por Richard Adams

24,854 membros

471 críticas

4.2

6 Members: LynnB, EerierIdyllMeme, pondelro, skyrad43, NorthernTeacher, elahrairah,alsocass

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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

por Jane Goodall

711 membros

13 críticas

4.2

4 Members: CoriatLib, al.vick, ahef1963, LibraryCin

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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

por Henry Beston

940 membros

30 críticas

4.1

4 Members: hailelib, lilithcat, CDay, vwinsloe
Explicações: lilithcat: My review says it all: https://www.librarything.com/work/160624/reviews/531710

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Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape

por Barry Lopez

309 membros

5 críticas

½ 4.3

4 Members: 13west, aileverte, MM_Jones, danbennett

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The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert

por Craig Childs

322 membros

11 críticas

4.1

4 Members: lorax, eronn, SonoranDreamer, jwk

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Landmarks

por Robert Macfarlane

858 membros

15 críticas

4.2

4 Members: charl08, dhm, ghr4, Jeanettelth

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Arctic Dreams

por Barry Lopez

1,945 membros

40 críticas

4.1

4 Members: janoorani24, SilentInAWay, jwk, danbennett
Explicações: janoorani24: A mesmerizing exploration of the Arctic landscape.

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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

por Edith Holden

1,823 membros

10 críticas

4.1

4 Members: Lirleni, shelfoflisa, emglider, barefootsong

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The Wild Trees

por Richard Preston

1,196 membros

57 críticas

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4 Members: Stbalbach, eronn, 13west, RaeCreated

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The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky

por N. K. Jemisin

396 membros

5 críticas

½ 4.4

5 Members: hipdeep, mikej, susanbooks, ahef1963, steller0707,Hanno ,arethusarose ,alsocass
Explicações: susanbooks: Not explicitly nature writing, but implicitly so: a story of what happens, eras later, when humanity's resource extraction has run amok.

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Prodigal Summer

por Barbara Kingsolver

8,990 membros

196 críticas

4

4 Members: LDVoorberg, crittergirl, LibraryCin, kara.shamy,Hanno

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

por Peter Godfrey-Smith

1,819 membros

63 críticas

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, elenchus, Treebeard_404

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Underland: A Deep Time Journey

por Robert Macfarlane

1,666 membros

54 críticas

4.1

3 Members: igorken, jsedey, captainsunbeam

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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle

por Thor Hanson

317 membros

11 críticas

3.9

3 Members: lorax, Bookmarque, CoriatLib

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Ring of Bright Water

por Gavin Maxwell

931 membros

23 críticas

4

3 Members: jlshall, Oandthegang, kristybrysonedits

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On the Origin of Species

por Charles Darwin

14,325 membros

121 críticas

4.1

3 Members: mikej, FAMeulstee, birder4106
Explicações: birder4106: Bücherlisten über die Natur ohne Darwin, Wegener und Wallace: undenkbar!

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The Natural History of Selborne

por Gilbert White

953 membros

9 críticas

3.8

3 Members: abbottthomas, Oandthegang, aileverte

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Under the Sea-Wind

por Rachel Carson

687 membros

11 críticas

3.9

3 Members: lilithcat, CoriatLib, spiphany
Explicações: 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

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Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

por Bernd Heinrich

259 membros

7 críticas

4

3 Members: DetailMuse, Comatoes, Treebeard_404
Explicações: Comatoes: How does death announce itself in nature? This book describes death in numinous ways.

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

por Annie Dillard

5,468 membros

105 críticas

4.2

3 Members: SilentInAWay, jlshall, Heather39

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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

por Robin Wall Kimmerer

863 membros

25 críticas

½ 4.3

3 Members: raidergirl3, CaitZ, jakebornheimer

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The Outrun

por Amy Liptrot

455 membros

19 críticas

3.9

3 Members: mooingzelda, CarltonC, kara.shamy

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The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

por Lawrence Anthony

761 membros

43 críticas

½ 4.3

3 Members: CoriatLib, vwinsloe, Cora-R

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Never Cry Wolf

por Farley Mowat

2,704 membros

63 críticas

4.1

3 Members: tardis, EerierIdyllMeme, ahef1963

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Remarkable Creatures

por Tracy Chevalier

3,224 membros

226 críticas

3.9

3 Members: hailelib, raidergirl3, perennialreader
Explicações: perennialreader: Mary Anning is a fossil hunter with a passion for her work. One of the most interesting female scientist.

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Lab Girl

por Hope Jahren

2,627 membros

157 críticas

4.1

3 Members: LynnB, alsocass, Kristelh,arethusarose

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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

por Richard Dawkins

4,344 membros

74 críticas

4.2

2 Members: EerierIdyllMeme, dhm

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

por Sy Montgomery

2,304 membros

113 críticas

3.8

2 Members: laruebk, Charon07

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The Peregrine

por J. A. Baker

814 membros

16 críticas

4.1

2 Members: uru, Lyttlefold

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North with the Spring: A Naturalist's Record of a 17,000 Mile Journey with the North American Spring

por Edwin Way Teale

257 membros

2 críticas

½ 4.6

2 Members: LamSon, Richj

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Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

por Jessica J. Lee

150 membros

4 críticas

½ 3.5

2 Members: victoriapeak, JKWood

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Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness

por Doug Peacock

68 membros

2 críticas

4

2 Members: douggob, jwk

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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

por Craig Childs

351 membros

11 críticas

4.2

2 Members: rshart3, eronn

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Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England

por Tom Wessels

300 membros

3 críticas

½ 4.4

2 Members: Bookmarque, kristilabrie
Explicações: 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.

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Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly

por Sue Halpern

168 membros

2 críticas

½ 3.7

2 Members: perennialreader, mgnm
Explicações: perennialreader: Great information about the complicated world of monarch migration.

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Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Much Maligned American Original

por Dayton O. Hyde

78 membros

2 críticas

4

2 Members: pickupf, RailMilFic
Explicações: 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."

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Speak to the Earth: Pages From a Farmwife's Journal

por Rachel Peden

47 membros

5

2 Members: casvelyn, jennyduncan

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The Signature of All Things

por Elizabeth Gilbert

3,466 membros

196 críticas

3.9

2 Members: bjappleg8, kara.shamy

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The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

por Loren Eiseley

944 membros

14 críticas

½ 4.3

2 Members: mikej, JulieStielstra

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Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs

por Sue Hubbell

271 membros

4 críticas

3.9

2 Members: mldg, mgnm

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Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day

por Diane Ackerman

156 membros

3.9

2 Members: CaitZ, Sternmelissar

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Browsing Nature's Aisles: A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs

por Wendy Brown

32 membros

2 críticas

½ 3.3

2 Members: suvrose, jennyduncan

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Field Guide to Birds of North America

por Edward S. Brinkley

165 membros

1 crítica

4.2

2 Members: tardis, kristilabrie
Explicações: 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.

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