# The Best Science & Nature Books

> Answers the query: “best science & nature books”

_Last updated: 2026-07-25_

## The list

1. **The Fate of the Species**, Fred Guterl (ISBN 9781608192601)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-fate-of-the-species
2. **The Botany of Desire**, Michael Pollan, Michael Pollan, Sébastien Marty (ISBN 9780747563006)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-botany-of-desire
3. **Psychogeography**, Will Self (ISBN 9781408880326)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/psychogeography
4. **Atoms Under the Floorboards**, Chris Woodford (ISBN 9781472918222)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/atoms-under-the-floorboards
5. **Atoms Under the Floorboards**, Chris Woodford (ISBN 9781472912237)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/atoms-under-the-floorboards-2237
6. **The Tyrannosaur Chronicles**, David Hone, Gavin Osborn (ISBN 9781472911285)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-tyrannosaur-chronicles
7. **The Planet Factory**, Elizabeth Tasker (ISBN 9781472917744)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-planet-factory
8. **Spirals in time**, Helen Scales (ISBN 9781472911384)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/spirals-in-time
9. **Sex on Earth**, Jules Howard (ISBN 9781408193433)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/sex-on-earth
10. **Herding Hemingway's Cats**, Kat Arney (ISBN 9781472910073)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/herding-hemingways-cats
11. **Grilled**, Leah Garcés (ISBN 9781472962607)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/grilled
12. **I, Mammal**, Liam Drew (ISBN 9781472922915)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/i-mammal
13. **Goldilocks and the Water Bears**, Louisa Preston (ISBN 9781472920119)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/goldilocks-and-the-water-bears
14. **Genuine Fakes**, Lydia Pyne (ISBN 9781472961839)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/genuine-fakes
15. **Furry Logic**, Matin Durrani, Liz Kalaugher (ISBN 9781472914118)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/furry-logic
16. **Catching stardust**, Natalie Starkey (ISBN 9781472955012)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/catching-stardust
17. **Kindred**, Rebecca Wragg Sykes (ISBN 9781472937476)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/kindred
18. **Superheavy**, Kit Chapman (ISBN 9781472953926)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/superheavy
19. **I Belong Here**, Anita Sethi (ISBN 9781472983954)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/i-belong-here
20. **The conservationist**, Nadine Gordimer (ISBN 9780747578246)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-conservationist
21. **Birds New to Science**, David Brewer (ISBN 9781472906281)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/birds-new-to-science
22. **RSPB Spotlight**, Mike Unwin (ISBN 9781399402156)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/rspb-spotlight
23. **Witness tree**, Lynda Mapes (ISBN 9781632862532)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/witness-tree
24. **Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World**, René Girard, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort (ISBN 9781474268431)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/things-hidden-since-the-foundation-of-the-world
25. **Quantum**, Manjit Kumar (ISBN 9789380143101)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/quantum
26. **World of Wonders**, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (ISBN 9781788168915)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/world-of-wonders
27. **Fluke**, Brian Klaas (ISBN 9781399804530)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/fluke
28. **Our Moon**, Rebecca Boyle (ISBN 9781529342826)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/our-moon
29. **We Have No Idea**, Jorge Cham, Daniel Whiteson (ISBN 9781473660205)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/we-have-no-idea
30. **Story of a Heart**, Rachel Clarke (ISBN 9780349145617)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/story-of-a-heart

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Source: AltBook, https://www.altbook.net/collections/best-science-nature-books