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The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 2006 710 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
Food
Science
Health
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change
by Annie Leonard 2010 352 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Material World Summary
Material World
The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
by Ed Conway 2023 512 pages
4.5
8k+ ratings
Science
History
Economics
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 400 pages
4.06
55k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Staying with the Trouble Summary
Staying with the Trouble
Making Kin in the Chthulucene
by Donna J. Haraway 2016 312 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Feminism
Theory
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
by Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages
4.50
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Environment
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory
by Richard Powers 2018 502 pages
4.11
200k+ ratings
Nature
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
7k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Sacred Nature Summary
Sacred Nature
Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
by Karen Armstrong 2022 205 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Nature
Religion
Spirituality
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth 2017 320 pages
4.16
15k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
by Hannah Ritchie 2024 311 pages
4.23
7k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Hidden Life of Trees Summary
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages
4.06
89k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
The Fate of Rome Summary
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
by Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Science
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The War Below Summary
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
by Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Politics
The Songs of Trees Summary
The Songs of Trees
Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
by David George Haskell 2017 304 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil
One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture
by Gabe Brown 2018 240 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Agriculture
Gardening
Environment
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously
by Liesl Clark 2020 288 pages
3.44
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Lifestyle
Finance
Collapse Summary
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages
3.94
75k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Blue Mind Summary
Blue Mind
The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
by Wallace J. Nichols 2014 352 pages
3.74
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6k+ ratings
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
Cradle to Cradle Summary
Cradle to Cradle
by Michael Braungart 2002 208 pages
4.09
12k+ ratings
Sustainability
Design
Environment
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.96
436 ratings
Food
Agriculture
Ecology
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by Zoë Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages
4.46
36k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010 355 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Science
Politics
History
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
by Eduardo Kohn 2013 267 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
Net Positive Summary
Net Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
by Andrew S. Winston 2021 446 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Business
Sustainability
Environment
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn 1992 338 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
Fashionopolis Summary
Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
by Dana Thomas 2019 320 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Fashion
Environment
Sustainability
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
43k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
by Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The New Map Summary
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 269 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.24
223 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.55
187 ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Environment
Politics
Ecology
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.49
340 ratings
Food
Politics
Agriculture
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
3.99
30k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Laudato Si' Summary
Laudato Si'
On the Care of Our Common Home
by Pope Francis 2015 200 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Religion
Theology
Catholic
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture Summary
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
Creating an Edible Ecosystem
by Christopher Shein 2013 272 pages
3.84
493 ratings
Gardening
Food
How To
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 305 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
Why Vegan? Summary
Why Vegan?
Eating Ethically
by Peter Singer 2020 80 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Vegan
Food
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.05
6k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
by John Elkington 2020 323 pages
3.78
349 ratings
Sustainability
Business
Economics
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben 1989 241 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Environment
Science
Nature
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