All the books on the Conservation and Nature Writing longlists for the 2026 Wainwright Prize. (non-fiction)
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last updated July, 2026
Wilderlands The Human History of Wild Britain
Eloise Kane
Being an Oak: Life as a tree
Laurent Tillon
Frontierlands: The inspiring new book about community, regeneration and reinvention in the face of climate change
Hazel Sheffield
Sno: A beautiful natural history of snow and the effects of climate change from the award-winning environmentalist
Sverker Sörlin
Drifting north: Finding a sustainable future in Scotland's past
Dominic Hinde
Eat the Planet Well: How to fix our toxic food system â one meal at a time
Dave Goulson
Craftland: A Journey Through Britainâs Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades
James Fox
The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet
Scott Weidensaul
Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet
Beth Gardiner
How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World
Rob Hopkins
Neurodivergent, By Nature: Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity
Joe Harkness
Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them
Julia Shaw
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit
Every Last Fish: A Deep Dive into Everything They Do for Us and We Do to Them
Rose George
The Savage Landscape: An Evolution of Wilderness
Cal Flyn
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
Suzanne Simard
Wild Pavements: Exploring Britainâs Cities with an Urban Naturalist
Amanda Tuke
Ghosts of the Farm: Two Women's Journeys Through Time, Land and Community
Nicola Chester
My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors
Bethany Handley
Ancient: Reviving the Woods That Made Britain
Luke Barley
The Cuckoo's Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place
Michael J. Warren
An Inconvenience of Penguins: Epic voyages in pursuit of the world's most beloved bird
Jamie Lafferty
The Waterlands: Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea
Stephen Rutt
Grasslands
John Wright
Love Is A Toad: Exploring our relationship with nature
Lucy Lapwing
Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britainâs Ancient Places
Fiona Robertson
The Whispers of Rock: The Stories That Stone Tells About Our World and Our Lives
Dr. Anjana Khatwa
The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World
Harriet Rix
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