Nature Writing Books

Last updated: December 31, 2011

1. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and William Roberts Published: September 1, 1998 Score: 22.02
2. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger Published: May 17, 1997 Score: 4.73
3. Modoc: True Story of the Greatest Elephant That by Ralph Helfer Published: October 13, 2009 Score: 4.45
4. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales Published: October 17, 2004 Score: 4.37
5. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Annie Dillard Published: June 12, 2007 Score: 3.85
6. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik Published: September 27, 2011 Score: 2.11
7. A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation by Aldo Leopold, Michael Sewell and Kenneth Brower Published: November 15, 2001 Score: 1.55
8. Walking by Henry David Thoreau Published: March 5, 2010 Score: 1.34
9. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Published: April 5, 2011 Score: 1.24
10. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot Published: March 1, 1985 Score: 1.15
11. The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) by Peter Matthiessen and Pico Iyer Published: September 30, 2008 Score: 1.07
12. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey Published: August 24, 2010 Score: 0.82
13. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey Published: January 12, 1985 Score: 0.78
14. The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert Published: May 27, 2003 Score: 0.7
15. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Robin Cook Published: July 1, 2002 Score: 0.63
16. Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat Published: September 13, 2001 Score: 0.62
17. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich Published: October 13, 2009 Score: 0.47
18. Dog Next Door, The: And Other Stories of the Dogs We Love by Callie Smith Grant Published: June 1, 2011 Score: 0.45
19. Young Men & Fire/a True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) by Norman MacLean Published: June 1, 1993 Score: 0.44
20. Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season with the Wild Turkey by Joe Hutto Published: October 31, 2006 Score: 0.38
21. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs Published: February 22, 2007 Score: 0.37
22. All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot and Christopher Timothy Published: December 27, 2000 Score: 0.35
23. Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich Published: April 7, 2009 Score: 0.35
24. The Mountains of California (Penguin Classics) by John Muir and Edward Hoagland Published: March 25, 2008 Score: 0.35
25. Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm Published: October 1, 2003 Score: 0.29