Best Nature and Travel Books of 2019

by Darrell Bricker & John Ibbitson

A delightfully stimulating and not terribly controversial overview of human demographics. Full review >

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by Bathsheba Demuth

A superb book, essential reading for students of the once-and-future Arctic. Full review >

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by Frans de Waal illustrated by Frans de Waal

De Waal turns his years of research into a delightful and illuminating read for nonscientists, a book that will surely make... Full review >

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by Timothy Egan

A joy and a privilege to read. Full review >

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by Christopher Ketcham

Angry, eloquent, and urgent—required reading for anyone who cares about the Earth. Full review >

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by Richard Louv

A thoughtfully researched, poetically inspiring call to action that will resonate with a broad range of readers. Full review >

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by Robert Macfarlane

A treasure all its own. Anyone who cares to ponder the world beneath our feet will find this to be an essential text. Full review >

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by Sarah Parcak

Exciting and futuristic, this book elicits that anything-is-possible feeling—a must-read. Full review >

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by Elaine Sciolino

Francophiles will adore this book, and others may become Francophiles as they read. Full review >

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by Ian Urbina

A swift-moving, often surprising account of the dangers that face sailors and nations alike on the lawless tide. Full review >

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by David Wallace-Wells

If you weren’t alarmed already, Wallace-Wells sounds the tocsin of toxicity. An urgent, necessary book. Full review >

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by Andrea Wulf ; illustrated by Lillian Melcher

Alexander von Humboldt himself would doubtless have approved. A pleasure for students of science, art, and their... Full review >

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