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Robert Macfarlane

British nature and travel writer.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2012—2026

Recognition span

Author in the index

Robert Macfarlane has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2012 and 2026. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Wainwright Prize5

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence2

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction2

Orwell Prize1

Subject profile

Nature & Environment4

Travel & Place1

Indexed works

Books by Robert Macfarlane

5 books · sorted by recognition

Underland: A Deep Time JourneyNature & Environment20198 pts LandmarksNature & Environment20156 pts The Old Ways: A Journey on FootTravel & Place20126 pts Is a River Alive?Nature & Environment20254 pts The Lost WordsNature & Environment20182 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2019	Underland: A Deep Time Journey	Nature & Environment	8	1	3	W. W. Norton
2015	Landmarks	Nature & Environment	6	0	2	Hamish Hamilton
2012	The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot	Travel & Place	6	0	2	Hamish Hamilton
2025	Is a River Alive?	Nature & Environment	4	0	2	W. W. Norton
2018	The Lost Words	Nature & Environment	2	0	1	Unknown

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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