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Goodread's Best Environmental Books

Top 90 from the Goodread's list of Best Environmental Books plus a few of my own additions - favourites and that I want to read.
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
1
Rachel Carson
A Sand County Almanac
A Sand County Almanac
2
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
3
Michael Pollan
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
4
Dr. Seuss
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire
5
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
6
Henry David Thoreau
Green Illusions (Ozzie Zehner)
Green Illusions
7
Ozzie Zehner
Collapse by Jared Diamond
Collapse by Jared Diamond
8
The World Without Us
The World Without Us
9
The Monkey Wrench Gang
The Monkey Wrench Gang
10
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
11
Bill Bryson
Never Cry Wolf
Never Cry Wolf
12
The Mystic Princesses and the Whirlpool (P.J. Larue)
The Mystic Princesses and the Whirlpool
13
P.J. Larue
Cradle to Cradle
Cradle to Cradle
14
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
15
Michael Pollan
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder (Richard Louv)
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
16
Richard Louv
Eating Animals
Eating Animals
17
Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)
Ishmael
18
Daniel Quinn
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
19
Eric Schlosser
Permaculture: A Designer's Manual (Bill Mollison)
Permaculture: A Designer's Manual
20
Bill Mollison
CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
21
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (David Quammen)
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
22
David Quammen
Last Chance to See
Last Chance to See
23
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Terry Tempest Williams)
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
24
Terry Tempest Williams
The Diversity of Life (E.O. Wilson)
The Diversity of Life
25
E.O. Wilson
Nature Writings (John Muir)
Nature Writings
26
John Muir
Born Free
Born Free
27
Small Is Beautiful
Small Is Beautiful
28
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
29
The Botany of Desire
The Botany of Desire
30
Cod
Cod
31
Deep Economy
Deep Economy
32
The Worst Hard Time
The Worst Hard Time
33
End of Nature
End of Nature
34
The Sea Around Us (Rachel Carson)
The Sea Around Us
35
Rachel Carson
Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Elizabeth Kolbert)
Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
36
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Wendell Barry)
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
37
Wendell Barry
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front (Joel Salatin)
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front
38
Joel Salatin
Stalking the Wild Asparagus (Euell Gibbons)
Stalking the Wild Asparagus
39
Euell Gibbons
Small Wonder (Barbara Kingsolver)
Small Wonder
40
Barbara Kingsolver
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