How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
Published 2022
448 pages
The most popular earth sciences books of 2022
Earth sciences books explain the planet under your feet and the sky above it. Rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, oceans, weather and climate are all covered, along with the deep history of the Earth. Read them to understand the landscape around you and the forces still shaping it. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.
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The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
Published 2022
464 pages
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Steve Brusatte
Published 2022
500 pages
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan
Published 2022
339 pages
The High Sierra A Love Story
Kim Stanley Robinson
Published 2022
537 pages
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Riley Black
2022 · 2023 edition
304 pages
A Little Closer to Home
Ginger Zee
Published 2022
288 pages
Fen, Bog and Swamp A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Annie Proulx
2022 · 2023 edition
208 pages
The Monster's Bones The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
David K. Randall
Published 2022
288 pages
The Catch Me If You Can One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World
Jessica Nabongo
Published 2022
403 pages
Pests How Humans Create Animal Villains
Bethany Brookshire
Published 2022
348 pages
The Ship Beneath the Ice The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
Mensun Bound
2022 · 2023 edition
403 pages
Sinkable Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
Daniel Stone
Published 2022
336 pages
The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Guy Shrubsole
Published 2022
336 pages
Tree Thieves Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
Lyndsie Bourgon
Published 2022
273 pages
Mushroom Rain
Laura K. Zimmermann
Published 2022
32 pages
Letter to a Stranger Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us
Colleen Kinder, Leslie Jamison
Published 2022
336 pages
Transformer The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane
2022 · 2023 edition
400 pages
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern
Published 2022
284 pages
The Bald Eagle The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
Jack E. Davis
Published 2022
608 pages
The Darkness Manifesto On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life
Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma
2022 · 2023 edition
272 pages
The Big Switch
Saul Griffith
Published 2022
112 pages
Hothouse Earth An Inhabitant’s Guide
Bill McGuire, Mike Cooper
Published 2022
176 pages
Firmament The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us
Simon Clark
Published 2022
236 pages