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14 Best Nature Books

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

Method:

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

14 Best Nature Books

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1

Wild

From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

2

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

3

A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

by Bill Bryson

Also recommended by:

Tim Ferriss

4

Desert Solitaire

A Season in the Wilderness

by Edward Abbey

Also recommended by:

Maria Popova

5

H Is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama

6

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Also recommended by:

Michelle Obama

7

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

Also recommended by:

Reese Witherspoon

8

Guidebook to Relative Strangers

Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History

by Camille T. Dungy

9

Losing Eden

Why Our Minds Need the Wild

by Lucy Jones

10

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

11

Owls of the Eastern Ice

A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

by Jonathan C. Slaght

12

Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson

13

The Grassling

by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

14

Underland

A Deep Time Journe

by Robert Macfarlane

Sources

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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