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22 Best Climate Change Books

Goal: Find the best Climate Change books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best climate change books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

22 Best Climate Change Books

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1

All We Can Save

Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

2

Drawdown

The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

by Paul Hawken

3

Losing Earth

A Recent History

by Nathaniel Rich

4

This Changes Everything

Capitalism vs. The Climate

by Naomi Klein

5

The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

by David Wallace-Wells

Also recommended by:

Tim Urban, Vinod Khosla

6

Under a White Sky

The Nature of the Future

by Elizabeth Kolbert

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates, Ezra Klein

7

As Long as Grass Grows

The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock

by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

8

On Fire

The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

by Naomi Klein

9

Our House Is on Fire

Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet

by Jeanette Winter

10

Windfall

The Booming Business of Global Warming

by Mckenzie Funk

11

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

by Bill Gates

Also recommended by:

Luis von Ahn, David Friedberg

12

The Sixth Extinction

An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama, Bill Gates

13

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

by Thomas L. Friedman

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates

14

Merchants of Doubt

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

by Naomi Oreskes

Also recommended by:

Elon Musk

15

The Story of More

How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

by Hope Jahren

Also recommended by:

Ann Patchett

16

A Terrible Thing to Waste

Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind

by Harriet A. Washington

17

Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal

The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

by Noam Chomsky

18

Don't Even Think About It

Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

by George Marshall

19

Half-Earth

Our Planet's Fight for Life

by Edward O. Wilson

20

Revolutionary Power

An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition

by Shalanda Baker

21

The Case for the Green New Deal

by Ann Pettifor

22

The New Climate War

The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

by Michael E. Mann

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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22 Best Climate Change Books (2025)