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Heartwood Summary
Immersive
Heartwood
by Amity Gaige 2025 309 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 240 pages
4.02
1.2M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Travel
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 400 pages
4.06
55k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
The Hidden Messages in Water Summary
The Hidden Messages in Water
by Masaru Emoto 2001 159 pages
4.24
17k+ ratings
Science
Spirituality
Health
Bushcraft 101 Summary
Bushcraft 101
A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
by Dave Canterbury 2014 256 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Survival
Outdoors
Reference
Lab Girl Summary
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages
3.98
72k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Indigenous
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule That Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 385 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
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
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" Summary
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 305 pages
3.93
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
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
Playground Summary
Playground
by Richard Powers 2024 381 pages
4.14
46k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Origins Summary
Origins
How Earth's History Shaped Human History
by Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
History
Science
Geography
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Soulcraft Summary
Soulcraft
Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2003 400 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Nature
Wild Mind Summary
Wild Mind
A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2013 320 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Nature
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages
3.63
18k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
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
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
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
Custodians of Wonder Summary
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
by Eliot Stein 2024 336 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
History
Travel
Sociology
The Salt Path Summary
The Salt Path
by Raynor Winn 2018 288 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Book Club
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
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett 1944 228 pages
4.31
6k+ ratings
Adventure
India
History
Prodigal Summer Summary
Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Nature
Literary Fiction
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 318 pages
3.94
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook Summary
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
A Home Manual [An Herbalism Book]
by James Green 2000 384 pages
4.40
1k+ ratings
Health
Herbs
Reference
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
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
Other Minds Summary
Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 257 pages
3.88
28k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan 2021 288 pages
3.87
34k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
43k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages
3.97
16k+ ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Awe Summary
Awe
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
by Dacher Keltner 2023 335 pages
3.62
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Wintering Summary
Wintering
How I learned to flourish when life became frozen
by Katherine May 2020 273 pages
3.80
78k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Mental Health
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 Soul of an Octopus Summary
The Soul of an Octopus
A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by Sy Montgomery 2015 261 pages
3.94
60k+ ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.24
223 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
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
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
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
Nature's Path to Spiritual Discovery
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999 240 pages
4.10
335 ratings
Nature
Outdoors
Survival
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements
Reflections on Nature
by John O'Donohue 2010 192 pages
4.25
415 ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
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
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