Environment & Nature bestsellers

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“One of my all time favorite audiobooks, narrated in the author’s meditative voice. This book feels like walking through a field on a perfectly warm day. The balance of science and culture is perfect. Read more

Raising Hare

A Memoir

By: Chloe Dalton
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

“During lockdown in rural England, Chloe Dalton rescues a newborn wild hare and forms a rare bond over three years. As the hare comes and goes freely, the book reflects with warmth and insight on freedom, trust, loss, seasonal change, and humanity’s deep connection to nature. Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“I love learning more about the beauty and potential of the gift economy and acts of reciprocity. This book is full of inspiration and hope for our ever-evolving world! Read more

When Trees Testify

Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy

By: Beronda L. Montgomery
Narrated by: Melinda Sewak
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

“When Trees Testify is written by Beronda L. Montgomery, an award-winning botanist. She chronicles Black history and culture through the lens of seven types of trees and cotton. She includes stories about her family alongside the legacy that particular trees have to offer. So unique and well done I highly recommend this! Read more

The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger
Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“An award-winning science writer investigates the people and plants at the forefront of the new science of plant intelligence and sentience. Astonishing! Read more

Forest Euphoria

The Abounding Queerness of Nature

By: Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Narrated by: Aven Shore
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

“Some books take you on a journey—this one drags you deep into the mossy understory, sits you down on a log, and whispers fungal secrets in your ear. Forest Euphoria is beautifully bizarre, written by a scientist who found herself reflected in the tangled, nonconforming world of nature. Patricia Kaishian peels back layers of the forest floor to... Read more

Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

By: Lulu Miller
Narrated by: Lulu Miller
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“In this masterful biography turned memoir, Lulu Miller explores the life of David Starr Jordan, a taxonomist responsible for naming most fish species worldwide. However, what is so brilliant about this title is how Miller takes us on this journey of scientific and self-discovery; she reckons with our collective past while discovering her own. It... Read more

Entangled Life

How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

By: Merlin Sheldrake
Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

“This book does a great job of introducing you to the wonders of fungi. You learn a lot of info but it’s not written in a way that’s too scientific or textbook. The info is told alongside personal stories about the author’s own research journey. This book left me thoroughly amazed! The author Merlin Sheldrake also does a great job as the... Read more

Gathering Moss

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Very helpful for the construction of my moss habitat! Read more

The Book of Hope

A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Global Icons Series

By: Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams
Narrated by: Douglas Abrams & Jane Goodall
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

“Fascinating interview of naturalist Dr Jane Goodall by biographer Douglas Adams. I listened to the Libro.fm edition which is narrated by both. Interesting to learn how she first got interested in studying animal behavior and how the field has changed. Her research at Gombe National Park has given us an in-depth understanding of chimpanzee... Read more

An Immense World

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Ed Yong
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong

“One of this year’s finest works of narrative... Read more about An Immense World

The Comfort of Crows

A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl
Narrated by: Margaret Renkl
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

“Listening to Margaret Renkl read this delightful exploration of nature is the perfect antidote to troubling times. If you're stressed or sad, hit play on this one to be uplifted. Be sure to buy the print copy as well to get the beautiful illustrations by her brother. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, especially when read by the author. Read more

Junglekeeper

What It Takes to Change the World

By: Paul Rosolie
Narrated by: Paul Rosolie
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man’s rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest—and what we can learn from the people fighting to protect it.

“On behalf of the forests that I love, thank you,... Read more about Junglekeeper

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

By: Nick Offerman
Narrated by: Nick Offerman
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

“I enjoyed listening to this book. Nick Offerman’s essays candidly explore his place on this planet, delving into the dichotomy and overlap between experiencing the natural, numinous world and navigating societal consumerism and political chaos. Many people find solace and reset in nature, but we shouldn’t forget our impact. He critically... Read more

All Creatures Great and Small

The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

All Creatures Great and Small

By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Nicholas Ralph
Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

“The classic memoir of a young veterinarian who arrives in the remote Yorkshire Dales region in a changing era, post-WWI. Beautiful descriptions of farming life, workplace hi-jinx, small village society, and of course lovable, memorable animals. Read by the actor who plays James Herriot in the new adaptation on Masterpiece. I might be imagining... Read more

Orwell's Roses

By: Rebecca Solnit
Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“Solnit's Orwell's Roses beautifully illuminated how Orwell's political commitments were deeply rooted in his passion for his local, natural world. His ability to critique both the far left and far rught while still finding beauty and pleasure is perhaps the most hopeful political message I've encountered in a long time. Read more

The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo & Vikas Adam
Length: 20 hours 42 minutes

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. 

The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world,... Read more about The Ministry for the Future

What If We Get It Right?

Visions of Climate Futures

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Ayisha Siddiqa, Jacqueline Woodson & Steve Connell
Length: 21 hours 4 minutes

“An excellent book about various aspects of climate change: scientific, social, political. Author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson recorded all of her interviews, so each one is in the interviewee’s own voice. I learned a lot about the work different activists are doing around climate! Johnson also shares actionable advice to help the reader learn what... Read more

Desert Solitaire

A Season in the Wilderness

By: Edward Abbey
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road, and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the... Read more about Desert Solitaire

This Is Your Mind on Plants

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

“This book helps illustrate ways in which the proper uses of plants that are designed to help us, are not recognized properly in our society. Read more

Tigers Between Empires

The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China

By: Jonathan C. Slaght
Narrated by: Jonathan C. Slaght
Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

“A must-read if you love travel, wildlife, and remote places; this vivid blend of science and memoir explores efforts to save Amur tigers in the Russian Far East. Immersive, eye-opening, and unforgettable, Slaght brings the Russian Far East to life. Read more

Goliath's Curse

The History and Future of Societal Collapse

By: Luke Kemp
Narrated by: Luke Kemp
Length: 23 hours 7 minutes

“In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Goliath’s Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French economist Thomas Piketty filtered through Mad Max: Fury Road.” —Ed Simon,... Read more about Goliath's Curse

Sand Talk

How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Narrated by: Tyson Yunkaporta
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living.As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and... Read more about Sand Talk

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan
Narrated by: Amy Tan & Evan Sibley
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

“As a bookseller, I often have customers ask me for something soothing - a calm book they can put on before bed or when they're trying to relax. This fits into that category perfectly. Amy lends her novelist eye to documenting her backyard bird dramas in this intimate, journal-like book. Great for anybody that is into nature, birds, art, etc.... Read more

On Animals

By: Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Susan Orlean
Length: 10 hours

“Listening to the audiobook was like listening to a podcast on animals, episodic and entertaining. New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean writes about animals in such a loving way. The personalities of each creature shines through. Highly recommend if you love creatures big and small. Read more

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Part nature writing, part exploration of the African diaspora and Black identity, part memoir, Dungy puts herself in conversation with all the white nature writers who've come before - Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson - and exposes how a monoculture in both cultivars and cultural backgrounds threatens us and... Read more

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

“I don’t know how I could ever look at trees the same way again after reading this book. Wohlleben writes with such warmth, sincerity, and enthusiasm, and it makes what would usually be a slow read for me a wonder, transportive. I feel like I live in a different world after finishing this - one with more wonder, mystery, and magic. I was hoping... Read more

Something in the Woods Loves You

By: Jarod K. Anderson
Narrated by: Jarod K. Anderson
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

An inspiring blend of nature writing and memoir that explores nature’s crucial role in our emotional and mental health

Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life took him to a painfully dark place, the poet behind The CryptoNaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson, found comfort and redemption in these facts and... Read more about Something in the Woods Loves You

Here Comes the Sun

A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

By: Bill McKibben
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness solar power and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.



Every eighteen hours, the world puts up a nuclear power plant's–worth of solar panels. At the same time, combustion continues to melt our poles, poison our bodies, and drive our global inequality. And it is no longer... Read more about Here Comes the Sun

A Brief History of Earth

Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

“How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Take a stroll with this read and learn all about it. Great the the history buff or the naturalist in your life. Read more

The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir

A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and the Human

By: Sophie Strand
Narrated by: Sophie Strand
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores—with searing insight and honesty—the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves.   

At age sixteen Sophie Strand—bright,... Read more about The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir

Lab Girl

A Memoir

By: Hope Jahren
Narrated by: Hope Jahren
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“This book has it all: nature, love, science, drama, heartbreak, joy, and plenty of dirt. Not since Cheryl Strayed's Wild have I read such a rich and compelling nonfiction narrative. Lab Girl is the story of Jahren's life in science, and her writing on the wonders of nature will renew your sense of awe. But more than that, it is an exploration... Read more

A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Rob McQuay
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and... Read more about A Walk in the Woods

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

By: Edward Dolnick
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

“An absolute fever dream of a book, truly brings into perspective, how lucky the human race is to still be an existence, given the tendencies of the Victorian people. Also dinosaurs, enough said. Read more

The Ride of Her Life

The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America

By: Elizabeth Letts
Narrated by: Elizabeth Letts & Tavia Gilbert
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a “heartwarming [and] engaging folk-hero biography” (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.

“[Letts] vividly portrays an audacious woman... Read more about The Ride of Her Life

Better Living Through Birding

Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

By: Christian Cooper
Narrated by: Christian Cooper
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

"Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense World

Christian Cooper is a self-described... Read more about Better Living Through Birding

Devotions

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

“Reading any collection of beautiful poetry in a short period of time is immersive, dare I say life-altering. Reading Devotions is somehow more intimate than even that. Oliver’s way of viewing the world is so crystal-clear, so inviting. Every poem is like taking a step outside and breathing in a lungful of crisp, clean, cold air. Her way of... Read more

The Call of the Honeyguide

What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life

By: Rob Dunn
Narrated by: Charles Constant
Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

How rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankind 
 
In the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species’ past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having found a beehive, that bird—a... Read more about The Call of the Honeyguide

The Intersectional Environmentalist

How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet

By: Leah Thomas
Narrated by: Leah Thomas, Hayden Bishop & Erin Walker
Length: 4 hours 1 minute

“Acclaimed environmental activist Leah Thomas has put together an expert and necessary introduction into the ways climate change has most aggressively impacted marginalized communities while simultaneously pinpointing the ways those same voices have historically been ignored within environmentalism movements. The Intersectional Environmentalist... Read more

The Wonderful World of James Herriot

A Charming Collection of Classic Stories

By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Nicholas Ralph & Rosie Page
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

"This collection gives listeners a peek into Herriot’s life, tracing parallels between his time on rural homesteads and his well-loved tales, and inviting listeners to sit back, relax and reminisce about more peaceful times."—BookPage

This audiobook is read by Nicholas Ralph and Anna Madeley, stars of the PBS Masterpiece television series All... Read more about The Wonderful World of James Herriot

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

By: Annie Dillard
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

“If I had only one book to read for the rest of my life, this is top of my list right now. I can't describe how wonderful it is to be so totally present with Dillard as she is so totally present at Tinker Creek. When was the last time you sat outside and just observed? Has it been years? Me too. I want it back. And I want to read everything Annie... Read more

Planetwalker

22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.

By: John Francis, Ph. D.
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand: he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow... Read more about Planetwalker

On the Future of Species

Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence

By: Adrian Woolfson
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Bloomsbury presents On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson, read by Peter Noble.

'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' TIM COULSON
'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' TOM ELLIS
'A brilliantly crafted, sweeping exposition with profound insights' TIM WHITE

Imagine a future where we grow houses... Read more about On the Future of Species

Life on Earth

By: David Attenborough
Narrated by: David Attenborough
Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth. Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019. Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018. Shortlisted for Futurebook of... Read more about Life on Earth

Gory Details

By: Erika Engelhaupt
Narrated by: Mari Weiss
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

“Gross, shocking, and full of science, this collection of snack-size essays on macabre subjects is a blast to read! From the studies behind pee in pools to pets eating their owners to psychopaths and plenty more, there’s something for every curious mind and strong stomach here. One of my favorites is about an heiress who used her fortune to... Read more

A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Richard Matthews
Length: 18 hours 19 minutes

“Bryson brings a childlike curiosity and sense of wonder to every subject that he studies. In this book he summarizes the findings from an astounding range of scientific disciplines, including physics, cosmology, chemistry, geology, and biology, to provide us with insights into the immense age and size of our universe, the origins of our solar... Read more

California Burning

The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

By: Katherine Blunt
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2022 Winner of the Golden Poppy Award for Nonfiction (California Independent Booksellers Alliance)

A revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications, exploring the decline of California’s largest utility company that led to countless wildfires — including the one that destroyed the town of Paradise — and the... Read more about California Burning

Secondhand

Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

By: Adam Minter
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

When you drop a box of unwanted items off at the local thrift store, where do they go? Probably across the country—or even halfway across the world—to people and places eager to reuse what you don’t want. In Secondhand, Adam Minter delves into the vast, multibillion-dollar industry that resells used stuff around the world. He follows the trail... Read more about Secondhand

Night Magic

Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark

By: Leigh Ann Henion
Narrated by: Leigh Ann Henion
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

“This is my favorite book of 2025! Narrated by the author, highlighting the importance of all the beautiful creatures that live and thrive at night. Such a beautiful and important book! Read more

A Life on Our Planet

My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

By: Sir David Attenborough
Narrated by: Sir David Attenborough
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

“Jonnie Hughes and narrator Sir David Attenborough do a splendid job at telling a few stories about Sir David's television career along with making a point to stress the importance and duty we have to our planet. Through wonderful essays with a lot of references and examples, he explains what happens if we don't make changes to change for our... Read more