Recommended Nature Writing

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Aprile 2021 (see all)
Descrizione
List of the Month: April 2021 Add your recommended works of nature writing to the list. Nonfiction, fiction, and poetry are all welcome. Please only thumb down if the books is not a work of nature writing.
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Il sussurro del mondo
di Richard Powers
5,373 utenti
244 recensioni
4.1
16 Members
karenb, Hanno, paradoxosalpha, mooingzelda, charl08, claire.rivers, LDVoorberg, CDay, NorthernTeacher, igorken, 13west, kara.shamy, Lynsey2, steller0707, nankuo, RaeCreated
3
Primavera silenziosa
di Rachel Carson
6,527 utenti
97 recensioni
4
12 Members
hailelib, stretch, TheDivineOomba, DetailMuse, CDay, PaperbackPirate, birder4106, eronn, -Cee-, vwinsloe, steller0707, elahrairah
4
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
di Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,303 utenti
94 recensioni
4.2
11 Members
DetailMuse, raidergirl3, krazy4katz, CoriatLib, Heather39, perennialreader, -Cee-, gylafowler, SoccerMomKnits, Booksplorer, Tosta
Spiegazioni
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.
5
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
di Aldo Leopold
4,392 utenti
59 recensioni
4.2
10 Members
lorax, stretch, mldg, PaperbackPirate, elenchus, Heather39, perennialreader, emglider, steller0707, Tosta
Spiegazioni
perennialreader: As relevant today as when it was published.
7
H Is for Hawk
di Helen Macdonald
4,365 utenti
281 recensioni
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, LynnB, etxgardener, charl08, CDay, -Cee-, Kristelh, vwinsloe, Lynsey2, Charon07
8
La mia famiglia e altri animali
di Gerald Durrell
5,265 utenti
150 recensioni
4.2
8 Members
arethusarose, etxgardener, shelfoflisa, CarltonC, Maddz, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong
9
Una seconda natura
di Michael Pollan
1,572 utenti
32 recensioni
3.9
9 Members
tardis, DetailMuse, CorneliusNepos, claire.rivers, dhm, CDay, sturlington, perennialreader, gylafowler
Spiegazioni
perennialreader: Wonderful way of looking at nature and our relationship to the earth.
10
Last Chance to See
di Douglas Adams
4,119 utenti
83 recensioni
4.2
8 Members
ursula, hipdeep, norabelle414, NorthernTeacher, al.vick, Cora-R, maschi, RaeCreated
Spiegazioni
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!
12
Walden ovvero vita nei boschi
di Henry David Thoreau
14,130 utenti
192 recensioni
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, SilentInAWay, dhm, jburlinson, FAMeulstee, shelfoflisa, gypsysmom, kristilabrie
Spiegazioni
kristilabrie: One of my first loves in nature writing. An early favorite.
13
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
di Isabella Tree
476 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 4.4
7 Members
farflungfish, mikej, Willoyd, NorthernTeacher, bereanna, gylafowler, elahrairah
14
Una passeggiata nei boschi
di Bill Bryson
16,888 utenti
475 recensioni
4
8 Members
hipdeep, arethusarose, shelfoflisa, 13west, emglider, maschi, TheStonedMason, Tosta,EMS_24
15
La botanica del desiderio: il mondo visto dalle piante
di Michael Pollan
5,320 utenti
153 recensioni
4
7 Members
LynnB, DetailMuse, PaperbackPirate, skyrad43, sturlington, megbmore, Lynsey2
16
Deserto solitario : una stagione nei territori selvaggi
di Edward Abbey
3,929 utenti
88 recensioni
4.2
7 Members
Hanno, stretch, dhm, CarltonC, gylafowler, danbennett, Tosta
17
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
di David George Haskell
611 utenti
17 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro, LDVoorberg, catascott, RaeCreated
18
Io sto nei boschi
di Jean Craighead George
11,827 utenti
147 recensioni
4
5 Members
casvelyn, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, suvrose, MaryEK
19
La collina dei conigli
di Richard Adams
24,911 utenti
472 recensioni
4.2
6 Members
LynnB, EerierIdyllMeme, pondelro, skyrad43, NorthernTeacher, elahrairah,alsocass
20
Il popolo degli scimpanzé: 30 anni di osservazioni nella giungla di Gombe
di Jane Goodall
713 utenti
13 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
CoriatLib, al.vick, ahef1963, LibraryCin
21
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
di Henry Beston
944 utenti
30 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
hailelib, lilithcat, CDay, vwinsloe
Spiegazioni
lilithcat: My review says it all: https://www.librarything.com/work/160624/reviews/531710
22
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
di Barry Lopez
309 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.3
4 Members
13west, aileverte, MM_Jones, danbennett
23
The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
di Craig Childs
324 utenti
11 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
lorax, eronn, SonoranDreamer, jwk
24
Landmarks
di Robert Macfarlane
858 utenti
15 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
charl08, dhm, ghr4, Jeanettelth
25
Artico: l'ultimo paradiso
di Barry Lopez
1,951 utenti
40 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
janoorani24, SilentInAWay, jwk, danbennett
Spiegazioni
janoorani24: A mesmerizing exploration of the Arctic landscape.
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Il diario di campagna di una signora inglese del primo Novecento
di Edith Holden
1,835 utenti
10 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
Lirleni, shelfoflisa, emglider, barefootsong
27
The Wild Trees
di Richard Preston
1,198 utenti
57 recensioni
4
4 Members
Stbalbach, eronn, 13west, RaeCreated
28
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
di N. K. Jemisin
397 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.4
5 Members
hipdeep, mikej, susanbooks, ahef1963, steller0707,Hanno ,arethusarose ,alsocass
Spiegazioni
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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Una magnifica estate
di Barbara Kingsolver
8,997 utenti
196 recensioni
4
4 Members
LDVoorberg, crittergirl, LibraryCin, kara.shamy,Hanno
30
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
di Peter Godfrey-Smith
1,827 utenti
63 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, Treebeard_404
31
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
di Robert Macfarlane
1,675 utenti
55 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
igorken, jsedey, captainsunbeam
32
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
di Thor Hanson
319 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
lorax, Bookmarque, CoriatLib
33
L' anello di acque lucenti
di Gavin Maxwell
935 utenti
23 recensioni
4
3 Members
jlshall, Oandthegang, kristybrysonedits
34
L'origine delle specie
di Charles Darwin
14,379 utenti
121 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
mikej, FAMeulstee, birder4106
Spiegazioni
birder4106: Bücherlisten über die Natur ohne Darwin, Wegener und Wallace: undenkbar!
35
The Natural History of Selborne
di Gilbert White
955 utenti
9 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
abbottthomas, Oandthegang, aileverte
36
Under the Sea-Wind
di Rachel Carson
688 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
lilithcat, CoriatLib, spiphany
Spiegazioni
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
di Bernd Heinrich
260 utenti
7 recensioni
4
3 Members
DetailMuse, Comatoes, Treebeard_404
Spiegazioni
Comatoes: How does death announce itself in nature? This book describes death in numinous ways.
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
di Annie Dillard
5,484 utenti
105 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
SilentInAWay, jlshall, Heather39
39
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
di Robin Wall Kimmerer
875 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
raidergirl3, CaitZ, jakebornheimer
40
The Outrun
di Amy Liptrot
456 utenti
19 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
mooingzelda, CarltonC, kara.shamy
41
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
di Lawrence Anthony
767 utenti
43 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
CoriatLib, vwinsloe, Cora-R
42
Mai gridare al lupo
di Farley Mowat
2,714 utenti
63 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
tardis, EerierIdyllMeme, ahef1963
43
Strane creature
di Tracy Chevalier
3,227 utenti
226 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
hailelib, raidergirl3, perennialreader
Spiegazioni
perennialreader: Mary Anning is a fossil hunter with a passion for her work. One of the most interesting female scientist.
44
Lab Girl
di Hope Jahren
2,638 utenti
158 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
LynnB, alsocass, Kristelh,arethusarose
45
Il racconto dell'antenato: la grande storia dell'evoluzione
di Richard Dawkins
4,349 utenti
74 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, dhm
46
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
di Sy Montgomery
2,319 utenti
114 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
laruebk, Charon07
47
The Peregrine
di J. A. Baker
818 utenti
16 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
uru, Lyttlefold
48
North with the Spring: A Naturalist's Record of a 17,000 Mile Journey with the North American Spring
di Edwin Way Teale
258 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.5
2 Members
LamSon, Richj
49
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
di Jessica J. Lee
153 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
victoriapeak, JKWood
50
Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness
di Doug Peacock
68 utenti
2 recensioni
4
2 Members
douggob, jwk
51
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
di Craig Childs
355 utenti
11 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
rshart3, eronn
52
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England
di Tom Wessels
300 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
Bookmarque, kristilabrie
Spiegazioni
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
di Sue Halpern
169 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
perennialreader, mgnm
Spiegazioni
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
di Dayton O. Hyde
78 utenti
2 recensioni
4
2 Members
pickupf, RailMilFic
Spiegazioni
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."
55
Speak to the Earth: Pages From a Farmwife's Journal
di Rachel Peden
47 utenti
5
2 Members
casvelyn, jennyduncan
56
The Signature of All Things
di Elizabeth Gilbert
3,480 utenti
196 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
bjappleg8, kara.shamy
57
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature
di Loren Eiseley
946 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
mikej, JulieStielstra
58
Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs
di Sue Hubbell
272 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
mldg, mgnm
59
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
di Diane Ackerman
156 utenti
3.9
2 Members
CaitZ, Sternmelissar
60
Browsing Nature's Aisles: A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs
di Wendy Brown
32 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.3
2 Members
suvrose, jennyduncan
61
Field Guide to Birds of North America
di Edward S. Brinkley
166 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
2 Members
tardis, kristilabrie
Spiegazioni
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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Tarka la lontra
di Henry Williamson
880 utenti
15 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
mikej, Kristelh
63
The Singing Wilderness
di Sigurd F. Olson
235 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
Oberon, emglider
64
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
di Trevor Herriot
35 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
CaitZ, gypsysmom
65
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
di Lulu Miller
826 utenti
41 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
bjappleg8, Charon07
66
The Land of Little Rain
di Mary Austin
595 utenti
13 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
noveltea, Faranae
67
Sightlines
di Kathleen Jamie
294 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
southernbooklady, kristybrysonedits
68
The Evening Chorus
di Helen Humphreys
226 utenti
24 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, kara.shamy
69
Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder
di David Gessner
91 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
pondelro, ncsurfer
70
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
di Richard Louv
2,537 utenti
44 recensioni
4
3 Members
alsocass, nandadevi, Jeanettelth,arethusarose ,
71
The Living Mountain
di Nan Shepherd
592 utenti
26 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
mooingzelda, kristybrysonedits
72
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
di Janisse Ray
519 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
southernbooklady, jennyduncan
73
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
di Ben Goldfarb
281 utenti
16 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
Bookmarque, pondelro
74
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
di Menno Schilthuizen
260 utenti
6 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
FAMeulstee, EMS_24
75
Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
di Roger Deakin
509 utenti
11 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
charl08, aileverte
76
La sesta estinzione: una storia innaturale
di Elizabeth Kolbert
3,633 utenti
163 recensioni
4.1
Member
Navarone
77
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
di Michael Finkel
1,812 utenti
112 recensioni
3.9
Member
fulner
78
L'uomo che piantava gli alberi
di Jean Giono
1,801 utenti
45 recensioni
4.1
Member
unctifer
79
Cloudspotting: una guida per i contemplatori di nuvole
di Gavin Pretor-Pinney
1,381 utenti
36 recensioni
3.8
Member
ncsurfer
81
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
di Erma Bombeck
985 utenti
16 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
suitable1
82
Luoghi selvaggi. In viaggio a piedi tra isole, vette, brughiere e foreste
di Robert Macfarlane
953 utenti
26 recensioni
4
Member
kristybrysonedits
83
Wild Animals I Have Known
di Ernest Thompson Seton
928 utenti
8 recensioni
4
Member
DellaWanna
84
La fine della natura
di Bill McKibben
915 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
VicCavalli
85
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / Walden / The Maine Woods / Cape Cod
di Henry David Thoreau
869 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
Comatoes
Spiegazioni
Comatoes: One of the first frameworks for nature writing.
86
Lupi: dalla parte del miglior nemico dell'uomo
di Barry Holstun Lopez
864 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
EileenGullo
87
Redwoods
di Jason Chin
695 utenti
61 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
88
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
di Douglas W. Tallamy
575 utenti
15 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
jbergerot
89
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
di Dorothy Wordsworth
502 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
jennyduncan
90
Incontri con animali
di Gerald Durrell
483 utenti
4 recensioni
3.8
Member
tardis
Spiegazioni
tardis: I could have added ALL of Durrell's books, but I restrained myself :)
91
In the Company of Crows and Ravens
di John M. Marzluff
449 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
unctifer
92
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
di Bill McKibben
416 utenti
4.2
Member
wolfetr
93
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees
di Dave Goulson
385 utenti
14 recensioni
4.1
Member
NoPlanetB
94
The Trees in My Forest
di Bernd Heinrich
381 utenti
4 recensioni
4.2
Member
MaryEK
95
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
di Catherine Raven
327 utenti
18 recensioni
3.8
Member
catherine_raven
96
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
di Douglas W. Tallamy
326 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
ValerieAndBooks
97
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
di Kenn Kaufman
325 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
davidisreading
98
Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors
di Pete Dunne
312 utenti
5 recensioni
4
Member
dianeham
99
Extraordinary Insects
di Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
297 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
flips
100
Someday a Tree
di Eve Bunting
253 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
cataylor