Nature Book Club: The Big List

The fourth #NatureBookClub saw more great recommendations and discussion about nature books. The list of books is growing, so it made sense to compile it for ease.

Here are the books that have been recommended to date during Nature Book Club. I’ve included links from the author’s names to their Twitter accounts where possible (It took ages to find them all so please click on the links and follow writers you like).

1. The Shark and the Albatross by John Aitchison.
2. My Name is Mina by David Almond
3. The Last Wilderness: A Journey Into Silence by Neil Ansel
4. Deep Country by Neil Ansell
5. The Moor by William Atkins
6. Zoo Quest by David Attenborough
7. Tiger Wars by Steve Backshall
8. Pam the Peacock Butterfly by Nicola and Rebecca Bailey
9. Pat the Caterpillar by Nicola and Rebecca Bailey
10. Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker
11. Food You Can Forage by Tiffany Francis Baker
12. Nature Teacher’s Handbook by Nick Baker
13. Badgerlands by Patrick Barkham
14. Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed by Simon Barnes
15. Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes
16. Little Grey Men by BB
17. The Nature Lover’s Book by Enid Blyton
18. The Bumble Bee Flies Anyway by Kate Bradbury
19. Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything by Kate Bradbury
20. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
21. All Rivers Run Free by Natasha Carthew
22. Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
23. Clare’s Countryside by John Clare
24. Common Ground by Rob Cowen
25. Ring the Hill by Tom Cox
26. The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley
27. My Garden and Other Animals by Mike Dilger
28. My Family and Other Animals by Gerard Durrell
29. Badgered to Death by Tom Dyer
30. Butterflies by EB Ford
31. The Edible Garden by Alys Fowler
32. Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler
33. What a Waste by Jess French
34. How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear by Jess French
35. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
36. So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? series by Ben Garrod
37. Ghost Trees by Bob Gilbert
38. Through a Window by Jane Goodall
39. Wild Signs and Star Paths by Tristan Gooley
40. Go Wild! Over 200 Ways to Connect With Nature by Emily Goss
41. Garden Jungle by Dave Goulson
42. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
43. Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
44. Halcyon River Diaries by Charlie Hamilton James
45. Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
46. The Seasons anthologies edited by Melissa Harrison
47. The Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoar
48. Complete James Herriott
49. Thinking on my Feet by Kate Humble
50. British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts by Horwood
51. Dancing With Bees by Brigit Strawbridge Howard
52. Death on Earth by Jules Howard
53. Badgers to Nighthawks: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger by
    Mal Ingham
54. Findings by Kathleen Jamie
55. Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie
56. Seedbombs for Bees by Josie Jeffrey
57. A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
58. Seven Worlds One Planet by Jonny Keeling
59. Beetle Boy by MG Leonard
60. The Outrun by Amy Liptrott
61. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
62. The Bluebird by Maurice Maeterlinck
63. A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals by Millie Marotta
64. Lips too Chilled by Matsuo Bashō
65. The Outrun by Amy May
66. Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
67. Underland by Robert McFarlane
68. 365 Days Wild by Lucy McRobert
69. The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell
70. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
71. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
72. The River Singers by Tom Moorhouse
73. News From Nowhere by William Morris
74. The Sundering Flood by William Morris
75. The Lost Words by Jackie Morris and Robert McFarlane
76. Feral by George Monbiot
77. Wild Hares and Hummingbirds by
    Stephen Moss
78. The Great British Year: Wildlife Through the Seasons by Stephen Moss.
79. Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
80. Back Garden Nature Reserve by Chris Packham
81. Wild Side of Town by Chris Packham
82. Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? by Lev Parikian
83. Badger Behaviour, Conservation and Rehabilitation by George E. Pearce
84. Complete Works of Beatrix Potter
85. I Am The Seed That Grew the Tree by Frann Preston Gannon.
86. Outpost by Dan Richards
87. A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
88. The Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose
89. The Lorax by Dr Seuess
90. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
91. Think Like a Tree by Sarah Spence
92. Edward Thomas: A Miscellany by Anna Stemming.
93. The Wood by John Lewis Stempel
94. Running Hare by John Lewis Stempel
95. Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel
96. Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis Stempel
97. Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
98. The Queen of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

99. Saviour of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

100. A Miscellany by Edward Thomas
101. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
102. Journey into the Wild: The Secret Life a Cameraman by Gavin Thurston
103. A Field Guide in Colour to Plants and Animals by Jan Toman and Jiri Felix, illustrated by Kvetoslav Hisek
104. Wilding by Isabella Tree
105. The Beauty in the Beast by Hugh Warwick
106. Anything by Terri Windling
107. Get Your Boots on by Alex White
108. The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben
109. Wonderland by Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss
110. Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White
111. Masquerade by Kit Williams
112. A Tour in Scotland by Dorothy Wordsworth
113. Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
114. Poems by WB Yeats
115. The Street Beneath My Feet by Yuval Zommer
116. The Big Book of Blue by Yuval Zommer
117. Observer Book of Birds
118. Ladybird Book of Birds
119. I Spy books
120. The RSPB Pocket Guide to Birds

Favourite nature quotes included David Arnold’s “Just look at the mindblowing, lipsmacking, wonderful, amazing, beautiful, stunning, marvellous, gorgeous, lovely loveliness of our world!” and William Morris’s “Wealth is what Nature gives us and what a reasonable man can make out of the gifts of Nature for his reasonable use.”

Join in with Nature Book Club next Sunday 6-7pm and share your favourite nature books. If you’re a nature writer or illustrator, share extracts and illustrations from your books – and contact me via Twitter if you’d like to run a competition. I’ll also post next week’s questions on my Twitter account, GrowEatGift.