The most popular nature books of 2020

Books about nature turn your attention to the living world. Forests, rivers, mountains, animals and the changing seasons are at the center of these novels, memoirs and essays. They are about wonder and loss, and about remembering that people are part of nature too. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Flooded
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Flooded

Ann E. Burg

Published 2020

360 pages

Disposable City
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Disposable City

Mario Alejandro Ariza

Published 2020

320 pages

Sons of War
Cover of Sons of War

Sons of War

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Published 2020

356 pages

The Fragile Earth
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The Fragile Earth

David Remnick, Henry Finder

2020 · 2023 edition

560 pages

The Wake-Up Call
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The Wake-Up Call

John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge

Published 2020

174 pages

Footprints
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Footprints

David Farrier

2020 · 2021 edition

256 pages

Beyond Me
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Beyond Me

Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu

2020 · 2021 edition

320 pages

Air Mail
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Air Mail

Pam Houston, Amy Irvine

Published 2020

95 pages