Nature Book Summaries

At the Water's Edge Summary
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by Carl Zimmer 1998 290 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World Summary
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World
Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature
by Steven Rinella 2022 208 pages
3.89
4.5K ratings
Parenting
Nature
Childrens
Earthing Summary
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
by Clinton Ober 2010 272 pages
3.98
2.1K ratings
Health
Science
Nature
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25.5K ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
by Gerald G. May 2006 224 pages
4.19
334 ratings
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
by Justin Gregg 2022 320 pages
3.89
2.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Animals
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
686 ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8.2K ratings
Science
History
Travel
The Cottage Fairy Companion Summary
The Cottage Fairy Companion
A Cottagecore Guide to Slow Living, Connecting to Nature, and Becoming Enchanted Again
by Paola Merrill 2022 180 pages
4.31
957 ratings
Nature
Poetry
Self Help
Venomous Summary
Venomous
How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
by Christie Wilcox 2016 260 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.78
4.8K ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
Back to Basics Summary
Back to Basics
A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
by Abigail R. Gehring 2007
4.19
2.1K ratings
Gardening
Survival
How To
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1.6K ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Interstellar Summary
Interstellar
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
by Avi Loeb 2023 252 pages
3.51
504 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Reaching the Animal Mind Summary
Reaching the Animal Mind
Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
by Karen Pryor 2008 272 pages
4.39
1.3K ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.07
106 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us
How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
by Kristin Ohlson 2014 242 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Agriculture
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken 2007 352 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
Living Resistance Summary
Living Resistance
An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023 208 pages
4.16
1.4K ratings
Indigenous
Spirituality
Social Justice
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.17
429 ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
303 ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
Symmetry Summary
Symmetry
A Journey into the Patterns of Nature
by Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 pages
3.82
840 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Popular Science
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
342 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Holland 2011 144 pages
4.00
228 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Bushcraft First Aid Summary
Bushcraft First Aid
A Field Guide to Wilderness Emergency Care
by Dave Canterbury 2017 256 pages
4.33
239 ratings
Survival
Outdoors
Self Help
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.58
189 ratings
Climate Change
Science
Environment
Small Wonder Summary
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver 2002 264 pages
4.03
11.1K ratings
Essays
Nature
Memoir
The Perfect Swarm Summary
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages
3.51
319 ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Carrots Love Tomatoes Summary
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
by Louise Riotte 1975 219 pages
4.04
2.9K ratings
Gardening
Reference
Food
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower
A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
by Eliot Coleman 1989 340 pages
4.42
1.3K ratings
Gardening
Agriculture
Food
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit
My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
by Ken Smith 2023 298 pages
4.22
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Nature
Biography
If Women Rose Rooted Summary
If Women Rose Rooted
The Power of the Celtic Woman
by Sharon Blackie 2016 400 pages
4.28
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Spirituality
Nature
The Fractal Geometry of Nature Summary
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1977 468 pages
4.23
1.3K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Nature
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
by Eduardo Kohn 2013 267 pages
3.86
970 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
Movement Matters Summary
Movement Matters
Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
by Katy Bowman 2016 248 pages
4.27
815 ratings
Health
Science
Essays
How Life Works Summary
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
by Philip Ball 2023 552 pages
4.25
404 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Enchantment Summary
Enchantment
Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
by Katherine May 2023 212 pages
3.61
11.0K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Nature
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages
4.18
292 ratings
Science
Nature
Natural History
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
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 208 pages
4.20
9.0K ratings
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less Summary
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less
7 Steps to Unlocking Your Family's Clean, Independent, and Off-Grid Water Source with the QuickRain Blueprint
by Renee Dang 2022 260 pages
4.04
24 ratings
Nature
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice
A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
by Al Gore 2008 416 pages
3.99
857 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Pipe Dreams Summary
Pipe Dreams
The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
by Chelsea Wald 2021 304 pages
4.05
405 ratings
Science
History
Technology
Cows Save the Planet Summary
Cows Save the Planet
And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
by Judith D. Schwartz 2013 240 pages
4.11
406 ratings
Environment
Science
Agriculture
Mosquito Summary
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages
3.88
420 ratings
Science
History
Biology
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 256 pages
4.12
724 ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
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