Nature Book Club: The Big List

The fifth #NatureBookClub saw more great recommendations and discussion about nature books. The list is growing every week, so I’m updating The Big List after each Nature Book Club.

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

97. National Trust: 50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 3/4 by Tom Percival.

98. Complete Works of Beatrix Potter

99. I Am The Seed That Grew the Tree by Frann Preston Gannon.

100. Outpost by Dan Richards
101. A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
102. The Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose
103. The Lorax by Dr Seuess
104. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
105. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
106. Think Like a Tree by Sarah Spence
107. Edward Thomas: A Miscellany by Anna Stemming.
108. The Wood by John Lewis Stempel
109. Running Hare by John Lewis Stempel
110. Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel
111. Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis Stempel
112. Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
113. The Queen of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

114. Saviour of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

115. A Miscellany by Edward Thomas
116. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
117. Journey into the Wild: The Secret Life a Cameraman by Gavin Thurston
118. A Field Guide in Colour to Plants and Animals by Jan Toman and Jiri Felix, illustrated by Kvetoslav Hisek
119. Wilding by Isabella Tree
120. The Beauty in the Beast by Hugh Warwick
121. Anything by Terri Windling
122. Get Your Boots on by Alex White
123. The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben
124. Wonderland by Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss
125. Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White
126. Arthropoda Iconicus Volume I: Insects From A Far Away Galaxy by Richard Wilkinson.
127. Masquerade by Kit Williams
128. Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson
129. A Tour in Scotland by Dorothy Wordsworth
130. Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
131. Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
132. Poems by WB Yeats
133. The Street Beneath My Feet by Yuval Zommer
134. The Big Book of Blue by Yuval Zommer
135. Observer Book of Birds
136. Ladybird Book of Birds
137. I Spy books
138. The RSPB Pocket Guide to Birds
139. The British Wildlife Photography Awards books.
140. Bloomsbury Wildlife Field guides.

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.