If you liked
Books like Novum organum
Loved Novum organum by Francis Bacon? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from nature & environment, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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1
Silent Spring
The book that exposed the cost of pesticides and helped launch the environmental movement; calm and devastating.
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2
The Sixth Extinction
The mass extinction unfolding now, reported from the field; sobering, clear and Pulitzer-winning.
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3
A New Voyage Round the World
" An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work published... in 1927." Bibliographical footnotes.
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4
Walden
Two years living simply by a pond; the founding text of American nature writing and self-reliance.
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5
Underland
A journey into the worlds beneath our feet, from caves to catacombs; gorgeous, profound nature writing.
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6
H Is for Hawk
Training a goshawk while grieving a father; a fierce, beautiful memoir of nature and loss.
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7
The Hidden Life of Trees
How forests communicate and cooperate; a charming popular-science look at the woods.
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
A year of close, ecstatic attention to a Virginia valley; meditative nature writing of the highest order.
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9
A Girl of the Limberlost
Wherein Elnora goes to high school and learns many lessons not found in her books
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10
Baby Einstein
Lush photographs of animals from all over the world introduce children to the wonders of nature and stimulate their interest in the world around them. Baby Noah builds on children's natural curiosity