Nature Book Club: The Big List

The seventh #NatureBookClub was the busiest yet, with many recommendations and lots of discussion about nature books. The book of the moment is clearly the Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020 by Lia Leendertz. It cropped up several times, and was unsurprisingly popular with everyone who received it as it looks beautiful, includes lovely illustrations and is packed with useful information. I’ll review it soon, so that you can see more of its loveliness.

The Nature Book Club list is growing every week, so I’m updating The Big List after each Nature Book Club. Predictably, the same names crop up frequently. Jackie Morris, Robert MacFarlane, John Lewis Stempel and numerous others feature every week. However, I’ve obviously only included each book once.

Here are the 160 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. Better yet, write nice things about their work and tag them – then add a review to Amazon to make your favourite author smile).

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

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

111. Complete Works of Beatrix Potter

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

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

128. Saviour of Speckled Wood by SW Teal

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

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.