Nature Book Summaries

Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.02
1.2M ratings
Biography
Adventure
Travel
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
52.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Sacred Nature Summary
Sacred Nature
Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
by Karen Armstrong 2022 224 pages
3.69
1.7K ratings
Nature
Religion
Spirituality
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages
3.62
17.5K ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1.8K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Hidden Life of Trees Summary
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages
4.07
83.2K ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
Bushcraft 101 Summary
Bushcraft 101
A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
by Dave Canterbury 2014 256 pages
4.10
3.1K ratings
Survival
Outdoors
Reference
Lab Girl Summary
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages
3.98
70.4K ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
Soulcraft Summary
Soulcraft
Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2003 400 pages
4.26
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Nature
The Songs of Trees Summary
The Songs of Trees
Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
by David George Haskell 2017 304 pages
4.07
1.6K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Origins Summary
Origins
How Earth's History Shaped Human History
by Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 pages
4.17
3.9K ratings
History
Science
Geography
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil
One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture
by Gabe Brown 2018 240 pages
4.46
2.2K ratings
Agriculture
Gardening
Science
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages
3.95
2.5K ratings
Science
Biology
History
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by Zoë Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.30
5.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Salt Path Summary
The Salt Path
by Raynor Winn 2018 288 pages
4.01
86.4K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Book Club
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Wild Mind Summary
Wild Mind
A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2013 320 pages
4.30
486 ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Nature
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.40
2.9K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Wintering Summary
Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May 2020 241 pages
3.83
65.0K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Mental Health
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory
by Richard Powers 2018 502 pages
4.12
181.6K ratings
Nature
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages
3.97
16.0K ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan 2021 288 pages
3.87
32.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
The Soundscape Summary
The Soundscape
Our Environment and the Tuning of the World
by R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 pages
4.11
760 ratings
Music
Art
Science
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.22
209 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 295 pages
3.94
14.0K ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 288 pages
3.85
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Awe Summary
Awe
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
by Dacher Keltner 2023 336 pages
3.64
3.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
Nature's Path to Spiritual Discovery
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999 240 pages
4.09
327 ratings
Nature
Outdoors
Survival
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook Summary
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
A Home Manual [An Herbalism Book]
by James Green 2000 384 pages
4.40
1.3K ratings
Health
Herbs
Reference
Heartwood Summary
Heartwood
by Amity Gaige 2025 320 pages
4.01
10.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages
4.47
31.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Summary
The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies
by Nicole Apelian 2021 322 pages
4.57
710 ratings
Health
Herbs
Plants
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence
On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
by Julia Baird 2020 320 pages
3.77
11.6K ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Science
Life Lessons From the Amazon Summary
Life Lessons From the Amazon
A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure
by Pip Stewart 2021 335 pages
4.08
179 ratings
Travel
Adventure
Nature
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply
The joys of a life less complicated
by Kate Humble 2020 304 pages
3.76
2.0K ratings
Self Help
Nature
Biography
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never
Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 pages
4.17
6.0K ratings
Science
Politics
Environment
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise
The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell 2013 291 pages
4.13
2.5K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
4.00
29.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
199.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.05
6.6K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Anxiety Summary
Anxiety
A Philosophical Guide
by Samir Chopra 2024 208 pages
3.97
298 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A Brief Welcome to the Universe Summary
A Brief Welcome to the Universe
A Pocket-Sized Tour
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2021 242 pages
4.04
552 ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Other Minds Summary
Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 257 pages
3.88
26.2K ratings
Philosophy
Nature
Biology
Animals in Translation Summary
Animals in Translation
Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin 2004 358 pages
4.14
9.8K ratings
Animals
Science
Psychology
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett 1944 228 pages
4.30
5.9K ratings
Adventure
India
History
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