Nature Book Club: The Big List

The sixth #NatureBookClub waa quiet as Christmas was so near but still saw  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 150 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. There is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee
22. Little Grey Men by BB
23. The Nature Lover’s Book by Enid Blyton
24. The Bumble Bee Flies Anyway by Kate Bradbury
25. Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything by Kate Bradbury
26. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
28. All Rivers Run Free by Natasha Carthew
29. Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
30. Clare’s Countryside by John Clare
31. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
32. Common Ground by Rob Cowen
33. Ring the Hill by Tom Cox
34. The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley
35. Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
36. On the Origin of the species by Charles Darwin illustrated by Sabina Radeva
37. My Garden and Other Animals by Mike Dilger
38. Orchid Summer by Jon Dunn
39. My Family and Other Animals by Gerard Durrell
40. Badgered to Death by Tom Dyer
41. Butterflies by EB Ford
42. The Edible Garden by Alys Fowler
43. Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler
44. What a Waste by Jess French
45. How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear by Jess French
46. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
47. So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? series by Ben Garrod
48. Ghost Trees by Bob Gilbert
49. Through a Window by Jane Goodall
50. Wild Signs and Star Paths by Tristan Gooley
51. Go Wild! Over 200 Ways to Connect With Nature by Emily Goss
52. Garden Jungle by Dave Goulson
53. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
54. Tidy by Emily Gravett
55. Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
56. Halcyon River Diaries by Charlie Hamilton James
57. Legacy of Luna by Julia Butterfly Hill
58. Foxes Unearthed by Lucy Jones
59. Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
60. The Seasons anthologies edited by Melissa Harrison
61. The Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoar
62. Complete James Herriott
63. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden.
64. Thinking on my Feet by Kate Humble
65. British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts by Horwood
66. Dancing With Bees by Brigit Strawbridge Howard
67. Death on Earth by Jules Howard
68. Badgers to Nighthawks: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger by
    Mal Ingham
69. Findings by Kathleen Jamie
70. Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie
71. Seedbombs for Bees by Josie Jeffrey
72. A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
73. Seven Worlds One Planet by Jonny Keeling
74. The Almanac by Lia Leendertz
75. Beetle Boy by MG Leonard
76. The Outrun by Amy Liptrott
77. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
78. The Bluebird by Maurice Maeterlinck
79. A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals by Millie Marotta
80. Lips too Chilled by Matsuo Bashō
81. The Outrun by Amy May
82. Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell.
83. Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
84. Underland by Robert McFarlane
85. 365 Days Wild by Lucy McRobert
86. The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell
87. Making Winter: A Creative Guide for Surviving the Winter Months by Emma Mitchell
88. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
89. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
90. The River Singers by Tom Moorhouse
91. News From Nowhere by William Morris
92. The Sundering Flood by William Morris
93. The Lost Words by Jackie Morris and Robert McFarlane
94. Feral by George Monbiot
95. Winter Sleep by Alex Morss and Sean Taylor
96. Wild Hares and Hummingbirds by
    Stephen Moss
97. The Twelve Birds of Christmas by Stephen Moss
98. The Great British Year: Wildlife Through the Seasons by Stephen Moss.
99. Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
100. Back Garden Nature Reserve by Chris Packham
101. Wild Side of Town by Chris Packham
102. Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? by Lev Parikian
103. Badger Behaviour, Conservation and Rehabilitation by George E. Pearce

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

105. Complete Works of Beatrix Potter

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

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

121. Saviour of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

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

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 also post next week’s questions on my Twitter account, GrowEatGift. Here are this week’s questions.