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All awards · Topic: Environment, Conservation & Pollution · Sorted by score · 429 books · filtered
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsEd Yong202332 pts2 wins5 listsRandom HouseScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert201432 pts2 wins5 listsHenry HoltNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin200524 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter WorldJohn Vaillant202424 pts1 wins6 listsKnopfNature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of AmericaEliza Griswold201922 pts2 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Beak of the Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our TimeJonathan Weiner199520 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith202314 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed WorldJordan Thomas202512 pts0 wins3 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy ChaptersHenry Gee202110 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Infinite PowersSteven Strogatz201910 pts1 wins1 listsMariner BooksScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We MadeGaia Vince201410 pts1 wins1 listsMilkweed EditionsScienceTravel, Exploration & Place+1
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963Richard Vinen201410 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?Alan Weisman201310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made WorldMark Miodownik201310 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceDisability & Difference+3
The Wavewatcher's CompanionGavin Pretor-Pinney201010 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter PlanetMark Lynas200810 pts1 wins1 listsFourth EstateNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World WarDavid Reynolds200410 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneWar & MilitaryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate ChangeCharles Wohlforth200410 pts1 wins1 listsNorth Point PressNature & EnvironmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940Julian Jackson200310 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples 8000BC-AD1500Barry Cunliffe200110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Salisbury: Victorian TitanAndrew Roberts199910 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to HiroshimaDiana Preston199810 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of GermanyJohn Röhl199510 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human AnimalJared Diamond199210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceScience & Discovery+2
Peacemaking Among PrimatesFrans de Waal199010 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The AntsBert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson199010 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860Suzanne Lebsock198410 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Part of Nature, Part of Us: Modern American PoetsHelen Vendler198010 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressArts & CriticismTravel, Exploration & Place+2
The Last Whole Earth CatalogueStewart Brand197210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureTravel, Exploration & Place+2
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The ClimateNaomi Klein201310 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High PlainsLucas Bessire20218 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+2
Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human WorldEmma Marris20218 pts1 wins2 listsBloomsburyNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the WorldMarcia Bjornerud20188 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-ExtinctionBeth Shapiro20158 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of ReformMartin J. S. Rudwick20088 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceScience & Discovery+1
Emerson: The Mind on FireRobert D. Richardson, Jr.19958 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of California PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Control of NatureJohn McPhee19898 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+1
Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American WestWilliam H. Goetzmann19668 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintHistoryMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to LifeFerris Jabr20248 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of MenMara Hvistendahl20118 pts0 wins2 listsPublicAffairsGender & SexualityScience & Discovery+1
Disturbing the UniverseFreeman Dyson19798 pts0 wins2 listsHarper & RowMemoir & AutobiographyClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Bumblebee EconomicsBernd Heinrich19808 pts0 wins2 listsHarvard University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Diversity of LifeEdward O. Wilson19928 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+1
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandRebecca Nagle20246 pts1 wins2 listsHarperCollinsRace & EthnicityIndigenous History+3
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched PlanetJeff Goodell20236 pts0 wins2 listsLittle, BrownScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory ExtinctionDavid George Haskell20226 pts0 wins2 listsVikingNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+2
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in NatureDavid G. Haskell20136 pts0 wins2 listsVikingNature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & Place+2
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthZoë Schlanger20246 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creatures in the Natural WorldPatrik Svensson20206 pts0 wins2 listsEccoScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the SeaCallum Roberts20126 pts0 wins2 listsVikingScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+2
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and its Role in the Climate CrisisAnnie Proulx20225 pts0 wins2 listsScribnerNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory BirdsScott Weidensaul20215 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
Earth History: Stories of Our Geological PastPeter Copeland, Janok P. Bhattacharya20254 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on EarthKaren G. Lloyd20254 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Momentum: Art and Ecology in Contemporary Latin AmericaInés Katzenstein, María Del Carmen Carríon,, Madeline Murphy Turner20254 pts1 wins1 listsThe Museum of Modern ArtArts & CriticismEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in AmericaJeff Hobbs20254 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterSociety & CultureCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I DreamBeverly Adams, Christophe Cherix20254 pts1 wins1 listsThe Museum of Modern ArtArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+3
A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World's First National ParkRandall K. Wilson20244 pts1 wins1 listsCatapultHistoryNatural History & Animals+3
Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to NowStéphane Douady, Jacques Dumais, Christophe Golé,, Nancy Pick20244 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to AgriculturePeter Bellwood20244 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
The Lie of the LandGuy Shrubsole20244 pts1 wins1 listsWilliam CollinsNature & EnvironmentFood, Agriculture & Land+1
The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to BushJay Hakes20244 pts1 wins1 listsLSU PressPolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick — and How We Can Fight BackAlden Wicker20244 pts1 wins1 listsG. P. Putnam's SonsNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our WorldHelen Czerski20234 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Late Light: The Secret Wonders of a Disappearing WorldMichael Malay20234 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old FossilsDale Greenwalt20234 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceDeath, Memory & Commemoration+2
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary FuturesGabrielle Hecht20234 pts1 wins1 listsDuke University PressNature & EnvironmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living WorldLixing Sun20234 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save ThemDan Saladino20224 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Goshawk Summer: A New Forest Season Unlike Any OtherJames Aldred20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
The Lost Rainforests of BritainGuy Shrubsole20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The Villa Farnesina: Palace of Venus in Renaissance RomeJames Grantham Turner20224 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressArts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in AmericaDan Flores20224 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our FeetJo Handelsman20214 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell HappenPeter Apps20214 pts1 wins1 listsOneworldPolitics & GovernmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to BeMartin Williams20214 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Deep Carbon: Past to PresentBeth N. Orcutt, Isabelle Daniel,, Rajdeep Dasgupta20204 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World EcologyChris Otter20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval WestJamie Kreiner20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Mill Town: Reckoning with What RemainsKerri Arsenault20204 pts1 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the CosmosKatia Moskvitch20204 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Rebirding: Restoring Britain's WildlifeBenedict Macdonald20204 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another WorldSarah Stewart Johnson20204 pts1 wins1 listsCrownScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and EffectsIan Gilligan20194 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Decomposed: The Political Ecology of MusicKyle Devine20194 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressArts & CriticismEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Global Environmental Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy PeopleUN Environment20194 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You HaveTatiana Schlossberg20194 pts1 wins1 listsGrand Central PublishingNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of ScaleDeborah R. Coen20184 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping and ForecastingGuy J-P. Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, Giuseppe T. Aronica20184 pts1 wins1 listsWileyScienceScience & Discovery+3
Nature's Nation: American Art and EnvironmentKarl Kusserow, Alan Braddock20184 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentArt, Music & Performance+3
The Seabird’s CryAdam Nicolson20184 pts1 wins1 listsHenry Holt and CompanyHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Earth History and PalaeogeographyTrond H. Torsvik, L. Robin M. Cocks20174 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution
Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire: Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical WorldCorey Ross20174 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary SourcesGary Urton20174 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Texas PressHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction for Climate ResearchDouglas Maraun, Martin Widmann20174 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016James G. Ogg, Gabi Ogg, Felix M. Gradstein20164 pts1 wins1 listsElsevierScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk RoadNeville Agnew, Marcia Reed, Tevvy Ball20164 pts1 wins1 listsGetty PublicationsArts & CriticismEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman WorldLarry W. Hurtado20164 pts1 wins1 listsBaylor University PressReligionEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central AppalachiaShannon Elizabeth Bell20164 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressNature & EnvironmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a ControversyJennifer Grayson20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsSociety & CultureEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
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All awards · Topic: Environment, Conservation & Pollution · Sorted by score · 429 books · filtered