Brilliant books featuring nature

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“Indigenous wisdom meets scientific theory in this memoir by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer offers a more positive and hopeful approach to healing the vital relationship between people and nature in a time when the climate crisis feels too overwhelming to overcome. Read more

The Secret Life of Fungi

Discoveries from a Hidden World

By: Aliya Whiteley
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they’re almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world …Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life.... Read more

The Nature Fix

Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

By: Florence Williams
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the... Read more

A Book of Silence

By: Sara Maitland
Narrated by: Polly Lee
Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives—"[an] artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay" (Independent, UK).



In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and,... Read more