Nature Book Summaries

The Chemical Age Summary
The Chemical Age
How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
by Frank von Hippel 2020 368 pages
4.16
165 ratings
Science
History
Environment
Once a Wolf Summary
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
by Bryan Sykes 2019 304 pages
3.48
309 ratings
Science
Animals
Dogs
The Big Burn Summary
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan 2009 281 pages
4.14
18.0K ratings
History
American History
Nature
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012 208 pages
4.34
709 ratings
Agriculture
Gardening
Food
The Klondike Fever Summary
The Klondike Fever
The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton 1958 494 pages
4.11
462 ratings
History
Canada
American History
The Web of Life Summary
The Web of Life
A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
by Fritjof Capra 1996 347 pages
4.18
1.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Ecology
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa 2020 64 pages
3.88
601 ratings
Science
Social Justice
Activism
Gardening for a Lifetime Summary
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
by Sydney Eddison 2010 208 pages
3.74
267 ratings
Gardening
Nature
Self Help
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck
The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
by Donovan Hohn 2011 416 pages
3.31
3.2K ratings
Science
Travel
Environment
How To Catch A Mole Summary
How To Catch A Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 256 pages
4.16
1.8K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
Buddhist Biology Summary
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages
3.79
107 ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary
The Soul of All Living Creatures
What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human
by Vint Virga 2013 240 pages
3.54
653 ratings
Animals
Science
Spirituality
The Wisdom of Wolves Summary
The Wisdom of Wolves
by Elli H. Radinger 2017 256 pages
4.12
2.0K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
The Wisdom of Birds Summary
The Wisdom of Birds
An Illustrated History of Ornithology
by Tim Birkhead 2008 433 pages
4.21
251 ratings
Birds
Nature
Science
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus
How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages
3.76
223 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Mawson's Will Summary
Mawson's Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
by Lennard Bickel 1977 272 pages
4.26
1.7K ratings
Adventure
History
Survival
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never
Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
by Tim Flannery 2008 176 pages
3.48
189 ratings
Science
Environment
Politics
The Fourth Phase of Water Summary
The Fourth Phase of Water
by Gerald H. Pollack 2013 358 pages
4.3
389 ratings
Science
Health
Nature
Trespassing Across America Summary
Trespassing Across America
One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
by Ken Ilgunas 2016 288 pages
3.81
2.2K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
The Backyard Parables Summary
The Backyard Parables
Lessons on Gardening, and Life
by Margaret Roach 2013 288 pages
3.65
429 ratings
Gardening
Memoir
Nature
Behind the Mirror Summary
Behind the Mirror
A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge
by Konrad Lorenz 1973 261 pages
4.02
157 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Landfill Summary
Landfill
by Tim Dee 2018 239 pages
3.71
138 ratings
Nature
Birds
Environment
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green
Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
by Frederic C. Rich 2016 368 pages
4.00
103 ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
Give Your Heart to the Hawks Summary
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
by Win Blevins 1973 336 pages
3.99
408 ratings
History
American History
Westerns
Life Everlasting Summary
Life Everlasting
The Animal Way of Death
by Bernd Heinrich 2012 256 pages
3.97
1.2K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
Domesticated Summary
Domesticated
Evolution in a Man-Made World
by Richard C. Francis 2015 498 pages
3.98
578 ratings
Science
Animals
History
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows
A Backyard Year
by Margaret Renkl 2023 270 pages
4.15
13.0K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
The Next Species Summary
The Next Species
The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
by Michael Tennesen 2015 336 pages
3.71
308 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
How to Winter Summary
How to Winter
Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
by Kari Leibowitz 2024 304 pages
4.01
3.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Wildpreneurs Summary
Wildpreneurs
A Practical Guide to Pursuing Your Passion as a Business
by Tamara Jacobi 2020 272 pages
3.90
105 ratings
Business
Nature
Raising Hare Summary
Raising Hare
A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton 2025 285 pages
4.38
19.1K ratings
Memoir
Nature
Animals
The Serviceberry Summary
The Serviceberry
Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 112 pages
4.28
54.2K ratings
Nature
Science
Indigenous
Restoration Agriculture Summary
Restoration Agriculture
by Mark Shepard 2024 313 pages
4.3
1.3K ratings
Agriculture
Gardening
Environment
The Forest People Summary
The Forest People
by Colin M. Turnbull 1987 295 pages
3.96
2.5K ratings
Anthropology
Africa
Ethnography
The Nature Fix Summary
The Nature Fix
Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
by Florence Williams 2018 304 pages
3.96
14.6K ratings
Nature
Science
Psychology
The Origin of Language Summary
The Origin of Language
How We Learned to Speak and Why
by Madeleine Beekman 2025 320 pages
3.7
92 ratings
Science
Language
History
Rooted Summary
Rooted
Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt 2021 240 pages
4.01
5.0K ratings
Nature
Science
Spirituality
The Spell of the Sensuous Summary
The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
by David Abram 1997 368 pages
4.17
5.4K ratings
Philosophy
Nature
Spirituality
All New Square Foot Gardening Summary
All New Square Foot Gardening
by Mel Bartholomew 2006 272 pages
4.16
9.6K ratings
Gardening
Reference
How To
Wild Rescues Summary
Wild Rescues
A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton
by Kevin Grange 2021 304 pages
4.2
3.1K ratings
Memoir
Outdoors
Adventure
Animal-Speak Summary
Animal-Speak
The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
by Ted Andrews 2002 400 pages
4.24
11.7K ratings
Spirituality
Animals
Paganism
The Social Conquest of Earth Summary
The Social Conquest of Earth
by Edward O. Wilson 2012 352 pages
4.02
4.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Humus Summary
Humus
by Gaspard Kœnig 2023 384 pages
3.61
1.7K ratings
Roman
France
Nature
Active Hope Summary
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
by Joanna Macy 2012
4.1
1.6K ratings
Spirituality
Environment
Activism
Creating a Forest Garden Summary
Creating a Forest Garden
Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops
by Martin Crawford 2010 384 pages
4.44
428 ratings
Gardening
Food
Plants
On Looking Summary
On Looking
Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013 308 pages
3.51
5.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Arrival of the Fittest Summary
Arrival of the Fittest
Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
by Andreas Wagner 2014 304 pages
3.82
727 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
The Sense of Being Stared at Summary
The Sense of Being Stared at
And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind
by Rupert Sheldrake 2011 369 pages
3.79
506 ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
In a Flight of Starlings Summary
In a Flight of Starlings
The Wonder of Complex Systems
by Giorgio Parisi 2023 144 pages
3.41
1.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Nature
Vanishing Treasures Summary
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
by Katherine Rundell 2024 224 pages
4.16
4.1K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
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