This list centers around books that explore the natural role, and our place in it. So slow down and smell the roses, touch a tree, take a breath.
created by kinga
last updated May, 2026
Twelve Words for Moss
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery
Small Wonder
Barbara Kingsolver
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
Helen Jukes
We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir
Brian Buckbee
The Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Felicity
Mary Oliver
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell
Upstream: Selected Essays
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl
The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
Annie Raser-Rowland
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
KĹhei SaitĹ
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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