Best Nature & Travel Books of 2015

by Andrea Wulf

Humboldt was the Einstein of the 19th century but far more widely read, and Wulf successfully combines a biography with an... Full review >

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by Simon Winchester

Winchester’s passionate research—on sea and land—undergirds this superb analysis of a world wonder that we seem hellbent on... Full review >

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by Philip Connors

Unlike other, neater narratives of being lost and found, Connors’ story—told with harrowing insight and fierce prose—is... Full review >

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by Edmund de Waal

De Waal’s poetically recounted journey is a revelation, as well: of the power of obsession and the lust for purity. Full review >

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by Brian Fagan

Though reminding us of the cruelties still visited upon animals and insisting that we respect them anew—not merely as pets... Full review >

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by Alice Dreger

Let us be grateful that there are writers like Dreger who have the wits and the guts to fight for truth. Full review >

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by David Gessner

Stegner and Abbey “are two who have lighted my way,” nature writer Wendell Berry admitted. They have lighted the way for... Full review >

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by Helen Macdonald

Whether you call this a personal story or nature writing, it’s poignant, thoughtful and moving—and likely to become a... Full review >

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by Lauren Redniss illustrated by Lauren Redniss

A highly atmospheric, entertainingly earnest, and intimate engrossment with the world’s most popular topic of conversation. Full review >

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by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Required reading for policymakers and students, and general readers will finish the book realizing they actually understand... Full review >

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by Joni Tevis

That seam glows fiercely, startlingly bright, in these rich, revelatory essays. Full review >

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by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Serious readers will delight in these pages. Full review >

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by Rinker Buck

By turns frankly hilarious, historically elucidating, emotionally touching, and deeply informative. Full review >

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by Cynthia Barnett

Highlights the severity of some of our environmental problems with knowledge, humor, urgency and hope. Full review >

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