The Book Prize Index

Is a River Alive?

Robert Macfarlane

A New York Times "New Nonfiction to Read This Spring" Recommendation - A Guardian "Nonfiction to Look Forward To in 2025" Pick - A Washington Post "Book to Watch For" in 2025 - A Financial Times "What to Read in 2025" Selection - A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2025 - A Next Big Idea Club May 2025 Must-Read Book From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer...of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers--and life itself.

Nature & EnvironmentNature & Environment · high confidenceNature & Environment81 signalsLlm Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentGoogle Books: Nature -> Nature & EnvironmentAward Category: Wainwright Prize: Conservation Writing -> Nature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & WaterEnvironment, Conservation & PollutionHousing, Cities & Urban LifeLiterature & Writers

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2026LonglistOfficial source
Wainwright Prize: Conservation Writing2025ShortlistSecondary source
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