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The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
4.26
10k+
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain 89%
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
by Nan Shepherd 1977
4.26
10k+ ratings
The Secret Knowledge of Water
by Craig Childs • 2000
To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.
4.29
3k+
The Secret Knowledge of Water Summary
The Secret Knowledge of Water 88%
To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.
by Craig Childs 2000
4.29
3k+ ratings
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit • 2005
Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.
3.90
21k+
A Field Guide to Getting Lost Summary
A Field Guide to Getting Lost 88%
Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.
by Rebecca Solnit 2005
3.90
21k+ ratings
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram • 1996
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
4.17
5k+
The Spell of the Sensuous Summary
The Spell of the Sensuous 88%
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
by David Abram 1996
4.17
5k+ ratings
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 88%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
Stone by Design
by Lew French • 2005
Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.
4.38
48
Stone by Design Summary
Stone by Design 87%
Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.
by Lew French 2005
4.38
48 ratings
A Book of Silence
by Sara Maitland • 2008
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
3.76
1k+
A Book of Silence Summary
A Book of Silence 87%
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
by Sara Maitland 2008
3.76
1k+ ratings
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City 87%
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022
3.65
422 ratings
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
558
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet 87%
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024
4.31
558 ratings
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 87%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
This Land Is Our Land
by Ken Ilgunas • 2018
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
4.01
330
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land 87%
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
by Ken Ilgunas 2018
4.01
330 ratings
The Living Stones
by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
3.99
167
The Living Stones Summary
The Living Stones 87%
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
by Ithell Colquhoun 1957
3.99
167 ratings
How to Read a Tree
by Tristan Gooley • 2023
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
4.09
1k+
How to Read a Tree Summary
How to Read a Tree 87%
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
by Tristan Gooley 2023
4.09
1k+ ratings
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 87%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
The Practice of the Wild
by Gary Snyder • 1990
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
4.19
3k+
The Practice of the Wild Summary
The Practice of the Wild 87%
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
by Gary Snyder 1990
4.19
3k+ ratings
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
4.51
177k+
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass 87%
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013
4.51
177k+ ratings
Navajos Wear Nikes
by Jim Kristofic • 2011
The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.
4.08
709
Navajos Wear Nikes Summary
Navajos Wear Nikes 87%
The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.
by Jim Kristofic 2011
4.08
709 ratings
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky • 2022
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
4.39
352
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 87%
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
by Stephen Chbosky 2022
4.39
352 ratings
Four Elements
by John O'Donohue • 2010
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
4.25
415
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements 87%
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
by John O'Donohue 2010
4.25
415 ratings
The Book of (More) Delights
by Ross Gay • 2023
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
4.25
3k+
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights 87%
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
by Ross Gay 2023
4.25
3k+ ratings
Mobile Home
by Megan Harlan • 2020
Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.
4.60
184
Mobile Home Summary
Mobile Home 87%
Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.
by Megan Harlan 2020
4.60
184 ratings
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard • 1974
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
4.08
30k+
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Summary
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 87%
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
by Annie Dillard 1974
4.08
30k+ ratings
Wild Comfort
by Kathleen Dean Moore • 2010
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
4.12
753
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort 87%
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010
4.12
753 ratings
Providence
by Daniel Quinn • 1994
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
3.70
1k+
Providence Summary
Providence 87%
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
by Daniel Quinn 1994
3.70
1k+ ratings
The Faraway Nearby
by Rebecca Solnit • 2013
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
4.20
8k+
The Faraway Nearby Summary
The Faraway Nearby 87%
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
by Rebecca Solnit 2013
4.20
8k+ ratings
Geography for Dummies
by Charles A. Heatwole • 2002
How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.
3.77
100
Geography for Dummies Summary
Geography for Dummies 87%
How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.
by Charles A. Heatwole 2002
3.77
100 ratings
The Outermost House
by Henry Beston • 1928
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
4.07
4k+
The Outermost House Summary
The Outermost House 87%
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
by Henry Beston 1928
4.07
4k+ ratings
The Last American Road Trip
by Sarah Kendzior • 2025
Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.
3.84
2k+
The Last American Road Trip Summary
The Last American Road Trip 87%
Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.
by Sarah Kendzior 2025
3.84
2k+ ratings
Becoming Animal
by David Abram • 2010
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
4.18
2k+
Becoming Animal Summary
Becoming Animal 87%
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
by David Abram 2010
4.18
2k+ ratings
The Klamath Knot
by David Rains Wallace • 1983
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
4.20
184
The Klamath Knot Summary
The Klamath Knot 87%
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
by David Rains Wallace 1983
4.20
184 ratings
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 87%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
Trespassing Across America
by Ken Ilgunas • 2016
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
3.82
2k+
Trespassing Across America Summary
Trespassing Across America 87%
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
by Ken Ilgunas 2016
3.82
2k+ ratings
Underland
by Robert Macfarlane • 2019
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
4.22
22k+
Underland Summary
Underland 86%
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
by Robert Macfarlane 2019
4.22
22k+ ratings
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2002
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
4.03
11k+
Small Wonder Summary
Small Wonder 86%
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2002
4.03
11k+ ratings
The Full English
by Stuart Maconie • 2023
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
4.04
1k+
The Full English Summary
The Full English 86%
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
by Stuart Maconie 2023
4.04
1k+ ratings
The Sunset Route
by Carrot Quinn • 2021
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
4.16
2k+
The Sunset Route Summary
The Sunset Route 86%
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
by Carrot Quinn 2021
4.16
2k+ ratings
Scatterlings
by Martin Shaw • 2019
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
4.63
106
Scatterlings Summary
Scatterlings 86%
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
by Martin Shaw 2019
4.63
106 ratings
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 86%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
Identity And Story
by Dan P. McAdams • 2006
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
4.12
26
Identity And Story Summary
Identity And Story 86%
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
by Dan P. McAdams 2006
4.12
26 ratings
The Wisdom of Wilderness
by Gerald G. May • 2006
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
4.18
344
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness 86%
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
by Gerald G. May 2006
4.18
344 ratings
Lipstick Jihad
by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005
A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.
3.70
5k+
Lipstick Jihad Summary
Lipstick Jihad 86%
A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.
by Azadeh Moaveni 2005
3.70
5k+ ratings
River Town
by Peter Hessler • 2001
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
4.28
14k+
River Town Summary
River Town 86%
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
by Peter Hessler 2001
4.28
14k+ ratings
Of Water and the Spirit
by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1994
A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.
4.41
2k+
Of Water and the Spirit Summary
Of Water and the Spirit 86%
A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1994
4.41
2k+ ratings
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine 86%
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004
4.15
6k+ ratings
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee • 1977
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
4.21
8k+
Coming Into the Country Summary
Coming Into the Country 86%
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
by John McPhee 1977
4.21
8k+ ratings
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole • 2019
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
4.21
1k+
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England? 86%
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
Walking in Wonder
by John O'Donohue • 2018
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
4.45
1k+
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder 86%
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
by John O'Donohue 2018
4.45
1k+ ratings
Me
by Mel R. Thompson • 2009
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
3.55
203
Me Summary
Me 86%
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
by Mel R. Thompson 2009
3.55
203 ratings
Church of the Wild
by Victoria Loorz • 2021
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
4.25
734
Church of the Wild Summary
Church of the Wild 86%
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
by Victoria Loorz 2021
4.25
734 ratings
Where the Water Goes
by David Owen • 2017
The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.
3.93
3k+
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes 86%
The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.
by David Owen 2017
3.93
3k+ ratings
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