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A sweeping, globe-trotting intellectual adventure that fundamentally changes how you look at the natural world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Invention of Nature.
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- wondrous
- intellectually stimulating
- 01
Losing Earth
Nathaniel Rich
A gripping, infuriating historical thriller about the decade we almost saved the world, and the human flaws that stopped us.
- 02
Adventures in the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince
A globe-trotting, deeply human look at our changing planet that balances the gravity of ecological crisis with the spark of human resilience.
- 03
The age of wonder
Holmes, Richard
A sweeping, luminous journey into the minds of the dreamers and explorers who married poetry with the scientific method.
- 04
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
A sobering, globe-trotting journey through deep time and fragile ecosystems that fundamentally alters how you view humanity's footprint.
- 05
The Alchemy of Air
Thomas Hager · 2008
A gripping, tragic narrative history about the brilliant minds who pulled bread from the air and inadvertently unleashed a century of unprecedented destruction.
- 06
A Life on Our Planet
David Attenborough and Jonnie Hughes
A sobering but ultimately hopeful fireside chat with a beloved naturalist about the fate of our shared home.
- 07
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
A relentless, white-knuckled plunge into the terrifying realities of our climate future that demands you look away from nothing.
- 08
The map that changed the world
Simon Winchester · 2001
An earthy, atmospheric journey into the mind of an underdog who looked at the dirt beneath his feet and saw the deep history of the world.
- 09
The Wizard and the Prophet
Charles C. Mann
A sweeping, intellectually thrilling exploration of the two competing philosophies that will determine the fate of our species.
- 10
Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert
A wry, sobering travelogue through the bizarre, highly engineered landscapes of the Anthropocene.
- 11
The Overstory
Richard Powers
A sprawling, deeply rooted epic that shifts your perception of time and the natural world.
- 12
The Song of the Dodo
Simon & Schuster · 1998
A globe-trotting, intellectually thrilling journey through the fragile, isolated ecosystems where evolution and extinction collide.
