List of environmental books

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Humans have been writing about the environment for centuries, and the environment has figured prominently as a theme in both Western and Eastern philosophies. Books about or featuring the environment as a prominent theme have proliferated especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The rise of environmental science, which has encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to studying the environment, and the environmental movement, which has increased public and political awareness of humanity's impact on the environment, have been highly influential. The 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring has been regarded as particularly important in popularizing environmental science and helping to launch the modern environmental movement. [1] The emergence of the environmental humanities, including fields like environmental history, has also been important in bridging divides between the sciences and humanities and encouraging further interdisciplinary approaches. The environment also features prominently in much fictional literature.

Contents

This page is a list of environmental books. In this context they are notable books that feature the environment as a major theme, including human impacts on the environment.

Non-fiction environmental books

Non-fiction accounts are ones that are presented as factual, although often in the context of subjective argument. Non-fiction environmental books may, for example, be the products of scholarly or journalistic work. The books in this list include fields and styles such as anthropology, conservation science, ecology, environmental history, lifestyle, and memoirs.

TitleAuthor(s)YearTheme(s) and subtheme(s)ISBN(s)
I’m A Climate Optimist: An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life Aakash Ranison 2023Climate Change & Sustainable Lifestyle ISBN   978-0143460428
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Charles C. Mann 2005Indigenous population and land use ISBN   978-1-4000-4006-3
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Charles C. Mann 2011 Ecological imperialism ISBN   978-0-307-26572-2
A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape Candace Savage 2012Landscape history ISBN   9781553652342
A Science on the Scales: The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939 Jennifer Hubbard 2006Fisheries management ISBN   9780802088598
A Temperate Empire: Making Climate Change in Early America Anya Zilberstein2016Climate change; colonialism ISBN   9780190206598
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler 2012Various themes ISBN   978-1-4516-1421-3
Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia Clifford Geertz 1963Agriculture; Indonesia ISBN   9780520004597
All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and the Failure of Fisheries Management Carmel Finley2006Fisheries management; conservation ISBN   978-0226249667
All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson (eds.)2020Essays, poetry ISBN   978-0-593-23706-9
Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility Christopher A. Simon2006Energy ISBN   0-7425-4908-9 ISBN   978-0-7425-4908-1 ISBN   0-7425-4909-7 ISBN   978-0-7425-4909-8
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver 2007 Local food ISBN   978-0-06-085255-9
AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors 1968Pollution: air pollution
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming Nigel Lawson 2008Global warming ISBN   978-0-7156-3786-9 ISBN   978-1-59020-084-1
Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants Milton R. Beychok1967Waste: oil refinery and petrochemical wastewaters
Atlas of Our Changing Environment United Nations Environment Programme 2005Climate change
Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada Stephen J. Pyne 2007 Wildfires; Canada ISBN   9780774840279
Babylon's Ark, The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence 2007Wildlife conservation ISBN   9781429981439
Beyond the Limits Donella Meadows , Dennis Meadows, Jorgen Randers 1992Population ISBN   0-930031-62-8
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak Kenneth S. Deffeyes 2006Energy ISBN   9780374707026
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future Jeff Goodell 2006Pollution ISBN   978-0-618-87224-4
A Big Fix: Radical Solutions for Australia's Environmental Crisis Ian Lowe 2005Various themes ISBN   9781863951265
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It Ken Alibek 1999Biological weapons ISBN   0-385-33496-6
Black Faces, White Spaces Carolyn Finney 2014 Environmental justice; racism ISBN   978-1-4696-1448-9
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming Paul Hawken 2007Environmentalism ISBN   978-0-670-03852-7
The Blue Economy Gunter Pauli 2010Technology: biomimetics ISBN   978-0-912111-90-2
A Blueprint for Survival Edward Goldsmith and Robert Allen1972Survival ISBN   978-0-14-052295-2
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza Gloria Anzaldúa 1987Chicanx theory; borderlands ISBN   978-1-879960-12-1
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013Botany, Indigenous knowledge ISBN   978-1-57131-335-5
Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan Jakobina K. Arch 2018Whaling; sustainability ISBN   978-0-295-74329-5
Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins 1982Energy ISBN   0-931790-28-X
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Silvia Federici 2004 Ecofeminism ISBN   978-1-57027-059-8
Canada's Deadly Secret: Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System Jim Harding2007Uranium mining; nuclear power ISBN   9781552662267
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era Jeremy Leggett 1999Global warming ISBN   9780415931021
Catastrophe: Risk and Response Richard Posner 2004Various themes ISBN   978-0-19-530647-7
Challenging the Chip Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow 2006Waste: electronic waste ISBN   1-59213-330-4
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England William Cronon 1983Land and water: hunting and fishing ISBN   0-8090-0158-6
The Chilling Stars Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder 2003Climate change: cosmic rays ISBN   1-84046-815-7
Cinderella of the New South: A History of the Cottonseed Industry, 1855-1955 Lynette Boney Wrenn1995Agriculture ISBN   9780870498824
A Civil Action Jonathan Harr 1996Pollution: water pollution ISBN   0-679-77267-7
The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder 2007Clean technology ISBN   0-06-089623-X
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen 2011Climate change; capitalism ISBN   978-0-8090-3473-4
Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology and Policy Options Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool 2011 Climate change mitigation and global energy security ISBN   978-0-262-01625-4
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand Haydn Washington and John Cook; foreword by Naomi Oreskes 2011 Climate change denial ISBN   978-1-84971-336-8
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action David Spratt and Philip Sutton2008Global warming ISBN   1-921372-20-6
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope 2017 Global warming and sustainable cities ISBN   978-1-250-14207-8
Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain National Parks, 1906-1974 PearlAnn Reichwein2014 environmental history, mountaineering, history of Canada, national parks ISBN   978-0-88864-674-3
The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons 1865Coal; peak coal ISBN   978-0341876854
Coal River: How a Few Brave Americans Took on a Powerful Company–and the Federal Government–to Save the Land They Love Michael Shnayerson 2008Mining: mountain removal mining ISBN   9781429933162
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond 2005Various themes ISBN   0-14-303655-6
The Colors of Nature Alison H. Deming and Lauret E. Savoy2011 Nature writing ISBN   978-1-57131-319-5
The Columbian Exchange Alfred W. Crosby 1972 Columbian exchange ISBN   978-0837172286
The Coming Global Superstorm Art Bell and Whitley Strieber 1999Global warming ISBN   0-671-04190-8
Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture International Water Management Institute and Earthscan 2007 Agriculture: agricultural hydrology ISBN   978-1-84407-397-9 hardback
Confessions of an Eco-Warrior Dave Foreman 1991 Earth First!; environmental activism ISBN   9780451499455
The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists Michael Brower and Warren Leon 1999Consumerism ISBN   0-609-80281-X
Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment of Atomic Energy Benjamin K. Sovacool 2011Energy: nuclear energy ISBN   978-981-4322-75-1
A Contract with the Earth Newt Gingrich and Terry L. Maple 2007Environmental protection and restoration ISBN   978-0-8018-8780-2
The Control of Nature John McPhee 1989Geoengineering ISBN   0-374-12890-1
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming Bjørn Lomborg 2007Global warming ISBN   978-0-307-26692-7
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Michael Braungart and William McDonough 2002Sustainability; production ISBN   0-86547-587-3
Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory Brittany Luby2020Indigenous history; hydro power ISBN   9780887558740
The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution Carolyn Merchant 1990Environmental history and history of science ISBN   0-06-250595-5
Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration Laura J. Martin2022History of science; ecological restoration ISBN 9780674979420
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud Lawrence Solomon 2008Global warming: denial ISBN   978-0-9800763-1-8
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Edward Abbey 1968Memoir; conservation ISBN   978-0-345-25021-6
Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics and Poison Jane Hightower 2008Toxic waste ISBN   978-1610910026
The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What's Blocking Clean Power in the United States Benjamin K. Sovacool 2008Energy ISBN   9780313355417
The Discovery of Global Warming Spencer R. Weart 2003Global warming: history of scientific discoveries ISBN   0-674-03189-X
Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination Julie Cruikshank 2014Anthropology; Indigenous History; Colonialism ISBN   9780774811866
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Kate Raworth 2017Economics; Doughnut (economic model); sustainability ISBN   9781603586740
Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation Andri Snær Magnason 2006Energy: hydropower ISBN   978-0-9551363-2-0
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Bill McKibben 2010Climate change ISBN   978-0-8050-9056-7
Earth from the Air Yann Arthus-Bertrand (photographer)2010Aerial landscape photography ISBN   9780500515419
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit Al Gore 1992 ISBN   0-395-57821-3 ISBN   0-618-05664-5
ISBN   1-85383-743-1 ISBN   978-1-59486-637-1
Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer 2009Food industry ISBN   0-316-06990-6
Ecodefense: A Field Guide To Monkeywrenching Dave Foreman and Bill Haywood (editors)1985Activism; direct action ISBN   9780963775108
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 Alfred Crosby 1986 Ecological imperialism; introduced species: epidemics ISBN   9781107394049
Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems Michael Begon , Colin R. Townsend, and John L. Harper 2006Ecology ISBN   978-1-4051-1117-1
The Economical Environmentalist Prashant Vaze 2009Lifestyle ISBN   9781849774604
Ecotage! Sam Love 1972Activism; direct action ISBN   0-671-78180-4
Encounters at the Heart of the World Elizabeth A. Fenn 2014Environmental history ISBN   978-0-374-71107-8
Encounters with the Archdruid John McPhee 1971Environmentalism; David Brower ISBN   0-374-51431-3
The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat Charles Clover 2004Overfishing ISBN   0-09-189780-7 ISBN   1-59558-109-X ISBN   0-09-189781-5 ISBN   0-520-25505-4
The End of Nature Bill McKibben 1989Global warming ISBN   0-8129-7608-8
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World Paul Roberts (author) 2004Energy ISBN   978-0-618-23977-1
Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation Alison J. Stattersfield , Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long, and David C. Wege 1998Wildlife conservation ISBN   0-946888-33-7
Endgame (two volumes) Derrick Jensen 2006Anti-civilization ISBN   1-58322-730-X ISBN   1-58322-724-5
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (editors)2007Energy ISBN   978-1402055638
Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy Hermann Scheer 2006Energy ISBN   1-84407-355-6
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology K. Eric Drexler 1986Nanotechnology ISBN   0-385-19973-2
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Merlin Sheldrake2020 Mycology ISBN   978-0-525-51031-4
Entropy: A New World View Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard 1980Resource conservation ISBN   0-670-29717-8
Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well Terry Lee Anderson and Donald R. Leal 1997Free-market environmentalism ISBN   978-0-8476-8382-6
Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Sharon Beder 2006Various themes ISBN   978-1-84407-404-4
An Essay on the Principle of Population Thomas Robert Malthus 1798Population ISBN   978-0486456089
The Everglades: River of Grass Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1947Nature conservation ISBN   978-1561649907
Everybody Loves a Good Drought P. Sainath 1996Economics; development ISBN   0-14-025984-8
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850–1920 (collection of books and other publications) Conservation movement
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines Paul Fleischman 2014Various themes ISBN   978-0-7636-7545-5
Factor 5: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Increase in Resource Productivity Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker , et al.2009Resource efficiency ISBN   978-0-8165-1086-3
Fallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy Philip L. Fradkin 1989Radiation exposure; nuclear weapon tests ISBN   978-0-8165-1086-3
Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? William Paddock, Paul Paddock 1967Overpopulation: food security
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat Philip Lymbery , Isabel Oakeshott2014 Factory farming; fish farming ISBN   978-1-40884-644-5
The Fate of the Earth Jonathan Schell 1982Nuclear disarmament ISBN   9780394525594
Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret Duff Wilson 2001Waste: toxic waste recycled in fertilizer ISBN   9780061873768
Feral: Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding George Monbiot 2013 Re-wilding ISBN   978-1846147487
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Elizabeth Kolbert 2006Climate change: causes and effects ISBN   1-59691-125-5
Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown Javier Auyero and Débora Swistun2008 Environmental justice; pollution ISBN   9789501245455
Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait Bathsheba Demuth 2019Environmental history; Beringia ISBN   0393635163
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—And What You Can Do About It 2009Food industry ISBN   978-1586486945
The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution Henry I. Miller , Gregory Conko 2004 Agriculture: genetically modified food ISBN   978-0275978792
Free Market Environmentalism Terry L. Anderson , Donald R. Leal 2001Environmental economics ISBN   9780312299736
Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion (4th edition) Milton R. Beychok 2005 Air pollution; atmospheric dispersion modeling ISBN   0-9644588-0-2
The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development Sakiko Fukuda-Parr 2006Genetically modified organisms ISBN   9781136553844
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World Steven Berlin Johnson 2006Pollution: water pollution ISBN   1-59448-925-4
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power Megan Black 2018Environmental history; U.S. imperialism ISBN   978-0-674984-25-7
Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism Sharon Beder 1997Anti-environmentalism and free-market environmentalism ISBN   978-1-890132-12-5
God is Red: A Native View of Religion Vine Deloria Jr. 1973 Environmental degradation; anthropocentrism ISBN   978-0-448-02168-3
The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans Mark Lynas 2011Various themes ISBN   9781426208911
The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management Pat Hutchings , Mike Kingsford, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 2008 Great Barrier Reef ISBN   978-0-643-09557-1
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable Amitav Ghosh 2016Climate change ISBN   9789386057433
The Green Bible 2008Religion ISBN   978-0-06-162799-6
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones 2008Economics ISBN   978-0-06-165075-8
The Green Crusade Charles T. Rubin 1998Environmentalism ISBN   0-8476-8817-8
Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism Ozzie Zehner 2012Consumerism and renewable energy ISBN   978-0-8032-3775-9
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage Daniel C. Esty 2006Business ISBN   9780470393741
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Mark Diesendorf 2007Energy ISBN   978-0-86840-973-3
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence Robert Bryce 2008Energy: renewable energy ISBN   978-1-58648-321-0
Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Jeremy Leggett 2005Energy ISBN   978-1846270055
Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada Harold Coward, Andrew J. Weaver 2004Climate change: effects in Canada ISBN   978-0-88920-442-3
Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World Charles, Prince of Wales, with Tony Juniper, Ian Skelly 2010 Climate change and agriculture ISBN   0-06-173135-8
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science Ian Plimer 2009Global warming ISBN   0-7043-7166-9
Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do Joseph J. Romm 2006Global warming ISBN   0-06-117212-X
High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future Guy Pearse 2007Global warming ISBN   9780670070633
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Michael E. Mann 2012Climate change: hockey stick graph ISBN   0-231-15254-X
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman 2008Sustainable development ISBN   9780141918501
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change Chris Goodall 2007Consumerism ISBN   978-1-84407-426-6
Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future Mark Diesendorf and Clive Hamilton 1997Ecological economics ISBN   9781864482881
The Hundred Year Lie: How Food And Medicine Are Destroying Your Health Randall Fitzgerald 2006Food industry ISBN   0-525-94951-8
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate Joseph J. Romm 2004Climate change ISBN   1-55963-703-X ISBN   1-55963-704-8
The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives On a Cleaner Planet Indur M. Goklany 2007Environmental skepticism ISBN   1-930865-98-8
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Al Gore 2006Global Warming ISBN   1-59486-567-1
An Introduction to Sustainable Development Peter P. Rogers , with Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd 2007Sustainable development ISBN   978-1-84407-521-8
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World Andrea Wulf 2015History of ecology ISBN   978-0385350662
It's a Matter of Survival Anita Gordon , David Suzuki 1991Survival ISBN   0-674-46970-4
Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World Tom Rand2010 Renewable energy: solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy, and more ISBN   9780981295206
Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed Matt Peacock 2009Asbestos in construction: fibrosis ISBN   978-0-7333-2580-9
Last Chance to See Douglas Adams , Mark Carwardine 1990Wildlife conservation ISBN   9781409069751
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder Richard Louv 2005Nature deficit disorder ISBN   978-1-56512-605-3
Latin American World Model Amilcar Herrera , Hugo Scolnick, et al.1976Ecology Population ISBN   0-88936-083-9
The Lay of the Land: Metaphor As Experience and History in American Life and Letters Annette Kolodny 1984 Ecofeminism ISBN   978-0-8078-4118-1
The Legacy of Luna Julia Butterfly Hill 2000Forest conservation ISBN   0-06-251658-2
Life in 2050 Ulrich Eberl 2011Various themes ISBN   978-3-407-75357-1
The Limits to Growth Donella Meadows , Dennis Meadows, Jørgen Randers, William W. Behrens III 1972Population; economic growth ISBN   0-87663-165-0
Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia Ian Lowe 2005Climate change ISBN   9781920769413
The Living Soil Lady Eve Balfour 1943Organic farming ISBN   9781904665083
The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century James Howard Kunstler 2005Various themes ISBN   978-0-87113-888-0
The Machine in Neptune's Garden: Historical Perspectives on Technology and the Marine Environment Helen M. Rozwadowski , David K. van Keuren 2004Ocean environment; envirotech ISBN   0-88135-372-8
Making Peace with the Planet Barry Commoner 1990Sustainable production ISBN   978-0-394-56598-9
Man and Nature George Perkins Marsh 1864Environmental degradation ISBN   978-1298509253
Managing Urban America David R. Morgan , Robert E. England, John Peter Pelissero 1979Urban planning ISBN   1-56643-065-8 ISBN   1-56802-930-6
Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition Bent Flyvbjerg , Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter 2003Megaprojects ISBN   0-521-80420-5
Memory Lands: King Philip's War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast Christine M. DeLucia 2018Indigenous history ISBN   9780300201178
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Naomi Oreskes , Erik M. Conway 2010Climate change denial; politics; lobbying ISBN   978-1-59691-610-4
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World David Maybury-Lewis 1992Tribal cultures and modernity (book companion to documentary series) ISBN   978-0934245203
Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement Susan Rimby2012 Environmental History, Conservation, Progressive Era, Women's History ISBN   978-0-271-05823-8
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Alex Epstein 2014Energy: fossil fuels ISBN   978-1-59184-744-1
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Anna Tsing 2015Ethnography; Matsutake ISBN   9781400873548
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution Paul Hawken , Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins 1999Ecosystem services: full-cost accounting ISBN   978-0-316-35316-8
A Nature Conservation Review (2 volumes) Derek Ratcliffe 1977Nature conservation ISBN   0-521-21159-X
Nature, Place, and Story: Rethinking Historic Sites in Canada Claire Elizabeth Campbell 2017 Historic sites; human and environmental history ISBN   9780773551251
The Navajo People and Uranium Mining Doug Brugge , Timothy Benally, Esther Yazzie-Lewis 2006Mining: uranium mining ISBN   978-0-8263-3778-8
The New Green Consumer Guide Julia Hailes 2007Consumerism ISBN   978-0-7432-9530-7
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Global warming; climate crisis ISBN   978-0-14-199174-0
Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy Amory B. Lovins , John H. Price 1975Energy ISBN   0-88410-603-9
Nourishing the Planet Agriculture: sustainable agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan 2006Food industry ISBN   978-1-59420-082-3
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Eduardo Galeano 1971Latin America; mining ISBN   978-0853459903
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth Buckminster Fuller 1968 Spaceship Earth; conservation ISBN   978-3037781265
Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb Isaac Asimov , Frederik Pohl 1991Various themes ISBN   0-312-85252-5
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis Al Gore 2009Climate change ISBN   9780747590989
Our Plundered Planet Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. 1948Environmental degradation; soil ISBN   9780316666084
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution Francis Fukuyama 2002Biotechnology ISBN   0-374-23643-7 ISBN   0-312-42171-0
Our Stolen Future Theo Colborn , Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers1996 Endocrine disruptors ISBN   978-0-525-93982-5
Our Synthetic Environment Murray Bookchin (pseudonym "Lewis Herber")1962Pesticides ISBN   9781684222339
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World Kevin Kelly (editor) 1994Various themes ISBN   978-0-201-48340-6
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil David Goodstein 2004Energy ISBN   0-393-05857-3
The Oyster Question: Scientists, Watermen, and the Maryland Chesapeake Bay since 1880 Christine Keiner 2009Conservation ISBN   978-0820326986
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies Richard Heinberg 2003Energy ISBN   0-86571-482-7
The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics and Ethics David Pimentel (scientist) , Hugh Lehman (editors)1993Pesticides ISBN   978-0-412-03581-4
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard 1974Nature narrative ISBN   978-0-7862-2325-1
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate William Ruddiman 2005Various themes ISBN   9780691173214
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters Kate Brown 2013Environmental history; energy; nuclear power ISBN   9780199855766
Political Animals and Animal Politics Marcel Wissenburg, David Schlosberg 2014 Animal welfare: animal ethics and environmental politics ISBN   978-1-137-43461-6
The Population Bomb Paul R. Ehrlich 1968Population ISBN   1-56849-587-0
Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits Steven W. Mosher 2008Population ISBN   978-1-4128-0712-8
Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World Richard Heinberg 2004Energy ISBN   978-0-86571-510-3
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Robert Bryce 2010Energy ISBN   978-1-58648-789-8
Power, Justice, and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement David Pellow and Bob Brulle (eds)2005Environmental justice ISBN   9780262162333
Power, Profit and Protest: Australian Social Movements and Globalisation Verity Burgmann 2003Social movements; Australia ISBN   9781741140163
Primate Visions:Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science Donna Haraway 1990History of science and biology ISBN   9780415902946
Prosperity Without Growth Tim Jackson (economist) 2009Environmental economics ISBN   9781849713238
Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon Cindy Ott 2012Environmental history; Pumpkin ISBN   9780295993324
Putting biodiversity on the map: priority areas for global conservation C. J. Bibby, et al.1992Biodiversity conservation ISBN   0-946888-24-8
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option Ian Lowe 2007Various themes ISBN   978-1-86395-412-9
The Real Global Warming Disaster (Is The Obsession With 'Climate Change' Turning Out To Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?) Christopher Booker 2009Global warming ISBN   1-4411-1052-6
Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment James Gustave Speth 2004Environmentalism ISBN   0-300-10232-1
Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England Diana Muir 2000Agriculture and fossil fuels ISBN   0-87451-909-8
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Terry Tempest Williams 1991Various themes ISBN   978-0-679-40516-0
Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge of Variability Godfrey Boyle 2007Energy ISBN   978-1-84407-418-1
Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change Clive Hamilton 2010Climate change: climate change denial ISBN   978-1-84971-081-7
The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we Can Still Save Humanity James Lovelock 2007Various themes ISBN   0-14-102597-2
Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World Ortwin Renn2008Risk ISBN   9781844072927
River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin Stephen Most2006Various themes ISBN   9780295986227
The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right John Cronin (environmental author) and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (foreword by Al Gore)1997Pollution: water pollution ISBN   0-684-83908-3
Road to Survival William Vogt 1948anti-capitalist environmentalism ISBN   0-548-38516-5
The Sacred Balance David Suzuki 1997Various themes ISBN   978-1-55054-548-7
A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold 1949Nature conservation ISBN   0-19-500777-8
Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth Todd Wilkinson 1998Politics ISBN   9781555662103
Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate Leonie Joubert 2007Climate change ISBN   9781868144372
Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change Clive Hamilton 2007Climate change: Kyoto Protocol and Australian politics ISBN   978-0-9775949-0-0
The Sea Around Us Rachel Carson 1951 Marine biology ISBN   978-0195069976
Secrets and Lies Nicky Hager and Bob Burton 1999Anti-environmentalism ISBN   0-908802-57-9
Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets Damian Miller2009Energy ISBN   9781849772518
Sensing Changes: Technologies, Environments, and the Everyday, 1953-2003 Joy Parr 2010Environmental history; embodied history ISBN   9780774859189
Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake Lianne C. Leddy2022Environmental history; Indigenous history ISBN 9781442614376
The Shamba Raiders: Memories of a Game Warden Bruce Kinloch 1972Wildlife conservation ISBN   978-0-00-261751-2
Shaped by the West Wind: Nature and History in Georgian Bay Claire Elizabeth Campbell2004 environmental history, history of Canada ISBN   9780774810982
A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright 2004Environmental history ISBN   0-88784-706-4
Siberia, Siberia Valentin Rasputin 1991Environmental degradation ISBN   978-0-8101-1575-0 ISBN   5-94535-067-2
Silence of the Songbirds Bridget Stutchbury 2007Various themes ISBN   978-0-8027-1609-5
Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962Pesticides; conservation ISBN   9780618249060
Silent Spring & other writings on environment Rachel Carson 2018Environmental science ISBN   978-1-5985-3560-0
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Mark Lynas 2007Climate change ISBN   978-0-00-720905-7
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Elizabeth Kolbert 2014Extinction: human activities ISBN   978-0-8050-9299-8
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World Bjørn Lomborg 2001Various themes ISBN   0-521-01068-3
Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered E. F. Schumacher 1973Various themes ISBN   978-0-06-091630-5
Small Is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size Amory Lovins , et al.2002Economics ISBN   9781881071075
State of the World Worldwatch Institute 1984–
(annual)
Global environmental challengesVarious (see article)
State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability Erik Assadourian , et al.2010Sustainability and consumerism ISBN   9781849710541
States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century Tina Loo 2006Environmental history; conservation; Canada ISBN   978-0-77-481290-0
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene Donna Haraway 2016Environmental change; pollution ISBN   978-0822362241
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming Chris Mooney 2007Global warming ISBN   978-0-15-101287-9
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity James Hansen 2009Climate change: fossil fuels ISBN   978-1-60819-200-7
Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions Joseph J. Romm 2010Various themes ISBN   1-59726-716-3
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization Ward Churchill 1993Various themes ISBN   0-87286-414-6
Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges Herbert Girardet (editor)2007Various themes ISBN   9781136556159
Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick 2002Global warming ISBN   1-55263-212-1
Tasmania's Wilderness Battles: A History Greg Buckman 2008 Wilderness ISBN   978-1-74175-464-3
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (first edition) or Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate (second edition) Chris Goodall 2008 (1st ed.);
2009 (2nd ed.)
Various themes ISBN   978-1-84668-868-3
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Naomi Klein 2014Climate change; economics ISBN   978-1451697384
This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha 1992 Environmental history; use of natural resources in India ISBN   978-0-19-807744-2
A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World Peter Tertzakian 2007Energy ISBN   978-0-07-149260-7
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation Dan Fagin 2013Pollution: cancer cluster ISBN   978-0-553-80653-3
Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy David Vogel 1995Environmental regulation ISBN   9780674044685
Twisted: The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial Ian G. Enting 2007Climate change: environmental skepticism ISBN   978-0-646-48012-1
The Ultimate Resource Julian Lincoln Simon 1981Resources ISBN   0-691-00381-5
Unbowed: A Memoir Wangari Maathai 2007Environmentalism ISBN   9780307275202
The Unfinished Twentieth Century Jonathan Schell 2001Energy: nuclear energy ISBN   978-1-85984-780-0
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years Siegfried Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery 2006Global warming: natural causes ISBN   978-0-7425-5117-6
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization Thomas Homer-Dixon 2006Various themes ISBN   978-0-676-97722-6
Voices from the Gathering Storm: The Web of Ecological-Societal Crisis Joseph C. Arcos, Mary F. Angus, and Frederick J. DiCarlo, eds. (18 contributors)2005Ecological and social crisis ISBN   978-1-59571-101-4
Walden Henry David Thoreau 1854Lifestyle ISBN   978-0-345-80431-0
Wave: Life and Memories after the Tsunami Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Natural disaster: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ISBN   978-0-345-80431-0
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change Tim Flannery 2005Climate change ISBN   1-920885-84-6
The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet Heidi Cullen 2010Climate change ISBN   978-0-06-172688-0
Wet Prairie: People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba Shannon Stunden Bower 2011Agriculture, environmental history ISBN   9780774818520
When Corporations Rule the World David Korten 1995Anti-globalization; economics ISBN   1-887208-00-3
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Stewart Brand 2009Various themes ISBN   978-0-670-02121-5
Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity Mike Hulme 2009Climate change ISBN   978-0-521-72732-7
Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice Cormac Cullinan 2003Environmental justice ISBN   0-9584417-8-2 ISBN   1-903998-35-2
Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank Andrew Beattie and Paul R. Ehrlich 2001Biodiversity ISBN   9780300127188
Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures Richard Leakey and Virginia Morell 2001Wildlife conservation ISBN   0-330-37240-8
The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores Archie Carr 1956Conservation: wildlife conservation ISBN   978-0-8130-0639-0
Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security Amory Lovins 2005Energy ISBN   978-1-84407-194-4
Wintergreen Robert Michael Pyle 1987Logging ISBN   978-0-395-46559-2
The World Without Us Alan Weisman 2007De-population; the natural world ISBN   0-312-34729-4 ISBN   978-0-312-34729-1
Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up & Maintain a Worm Composting System Mary Arlene Appelhof 1982 Vermicomposting; waste management ISBN   978-0-942256-10-9

Fiction environmental books

Fiction environmental books feature the environment as a prominent theme. Books in this list include fields such as children's literature, eco-fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.

TitleAuthor(s)Year(s)Theme(s)ISBN(s)
American War Omar El Akkad 2017Climate change ISBN   978-1-5098-5220-8
Antarctica Kim Stanley Robinson 1997Nature conservation ISBN   0-00-225359-3
The Appeal John Grisham 2008Pollution: water pollution ISBN   978-0-385-51504-7
The Back of the Turtle Thomas King 2014 Defoliants ISBN   978-1-4434-3162-0
Blockade Derek Hansen 1998Logging ISBN   0-7322-6466-9
Caballero: A Historical Novel Jovita Gonzalez and Eve Raleigh 1996borderlands ISBN   978-0-89096-700-3
The Caretaker Trilogy (series) David Klass 2006;
2008;
2009
Nature conservation ISBN   978-0-374-32307-3
ISBN   978-0-374-32308-0
ISBN   978-0-374-32309-7
Carpentaria Alexis Wright 2006indigenous studies; Australia; settler colonialism ISBN   978-1439157848
Coal Audre Lorde 1976poetry collection ISBN   978-0393044393
The Cool War Frederik Pohl 1981Energy; fossil fuel depletion ISBN   0-394-29383-5
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk 2009Animal welfare; hunting ISBN   978-83-08-04398-1
Earth Abides George R. Stewart 1949Disease and population ISBN   9780345487131
The Earthquake in Chile Heinrich von Kleist 1807Earthquakes
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston Ernest Callenbach 1975Various themes ISBN   0-553-34847-7
Ecotopia Emerging Ernest Callenbach 1981Various themes ISBN   0-9604320-3-5
Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver 2012Climate change ISBN   978-0-06-212427-2
The Forgotten Enemy Arthur C. Clarke 1949Climate change
Freedom Jonathan Franzen 2010Various themes ISBN   0-374-15846-0
A Friend of the Earth T. Coraghessan Boyle 2000Various themes ISBN   0-670-89177-0
The Green Brain Frank Herbert 1966Ecosystems: insects almost extinguished OCLC   476046923
Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002Wildlife conservation ISBN   0-330-41529-8
The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004South Asia; environmental transformation ISBN   0-00-714178-5
Ishmael Daniel Quinn 1992Human-animal relations; sustainability ISBN   0-553-07875-5
The Last Man Mary Shelley 1826 Pandemic; global catastrophic risk
The Lorax Dr. Seuss 1971Various themes ISBN   0-394-82337-0
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood 2013Climate change; ecological degradation ISBN   0-77100-846-5
Make Room! Make Room! Harry Harrison 1966Population ISBN   978-0-7653-1885-5
The Marrow Thieves Cherie Dimaline 2017indigenous studies; climate change ISBN   978-1770864863
The Mockery Bird Gerald Durrell 1981 Symbiosis and Lazarus taxa ISBN   978-0-671-44131-9
The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey 1975Eco-terrorism ISBN   0-397-01084-2
Mother of Storms John Barnes 1994Climate change: giant hurricane caused by nuclear explosion ISBN   0-312-85560-5
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Mike Resnick 2001 Genetically engineered animals
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood 2003Climate change; ecological degradation ISBN   0-7710-0868-6
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler 1993Ecological collapse; adaptation ISBN   0-941423-99-9
Parable of the Talents Octavia Butler 1998Ecological collapse; adaptation ISBN   1-888363-81-9
A Planet for the President Alistair Beaton 2004Various themes ISBN   0-297-84776-7
Plume Kathleen Flenniken 2012Poetry collection ISBN   978-0-295-99153-5
Process of Elimination Carolyn Keene 1998Mystery ISBN   9780671007393
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 2000 ISBN   0-06-095903-7
Rainforest Jenny Diski 1987 ISBN   978-0-413-15910-6
Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward 2011 Environmental justice ISBN   978-1-60819-522-0
So Far from God Ana Castillo 1993 Environmental justice ISBN   0-393-03490-9
State of Fear Michael Crichton 2004Various themes ISBN   0-00-718159-0
Under the Feet of Jesus Helena María Viramontes 1995Environmental justice, Chicanx ISBN   9780393326932
The Winter Vault Anne Michaels 2009dams; inundated landscape; Egypt ISBN   978-0747598091
The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin 1972Colonialism ISBN   0-399-11716-4
The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood 2009Climate change; ecological degradation ISBN   978-0-7475-8516-9
Zodiac Neal Stephenson 1988Toxic waste ISBN   0-87113-181-1

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