Wainwright Prize 2025: Available winning titles along with winners and nominees from previous years.

Available print titles from the 2025 winners along with winners and nominees from previous years.

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The Wainwright Prize is awarded annually to books which most successfully inspire readers to embrace nature and the outdoors and develop a respect for the environment. This year’s winning books highlight the exploration of nature on a global scale through journeys of migration, finding beauty in the everyday, and celebrate the deep connections between humanity and nature through powerful storytelling.

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Updated September 15, 2025
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Raising hare
Dalton, Chloe
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES,...
Flower Block
Butterfield, Lanisha.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing Winner of Derby Book Festival's - Derby Children's Picture Book Award 2025 Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2025 Illustrator Hoang Giang longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025 ...
Is A River Alive?
Macfarlane, Robert.
Paper Book
At its heart is a single, transformative idea- that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings - who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Inspired by the activists, artists and lawmakers of the young 'Rights of Nature' movement, Macfarlane takes the reader on an...
Turtle Moon
Gold, Hannah.
Paper Book
'Dramatic, atmospheric and incredibly touching, this story is Gold's best yet' Daily Mail, Best Books for Christmas Journey to the heart of the jungle in this unforgettable adventure from the bestselling author of The Last Bear. Beautifully illustrated by Levi Pinfold, this is perfect for...
The accidental garden : gardens, wilderness and the space in between
Mabey, Richard
Paper Book
The godfather of British nature writing reflects on the conflict between cultivation and autonomous nature
Our oaken bones : reviving a family, a farm and Britain's ancient rainforests
Hanbury-Tenison, Merlin
Paper Book
An enormously moving and inspiring story about war, trauma, nature and rebirth, written with infectious passion and unsparing honesty. I loved it. - DOMINIC SANDBROOK Scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling... I adored it all, every page. - JOANNA LUMLEY<...
Emily Gravett 2024
Gravett, Emily.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Picture Books A funny and relatable picture book in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett's award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big...
The wild
Zommer, Yuval
Paper Book
Once upon a time, somewhere not far away, was the Wild. The Wild was huge and giving,and everything from insects, to birds, to humans made their home in it. At first, people lived lightly and took what they needed, but when they started to take more, the Wild suffered. For the Wild to be healthy,...
Of thorn & briar : a year with the West Country hedgelayer
Lamb, Paul
Paper Book
*** THE INSTANT TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** 'This spare but elegant account is an unexpected delight, and as soothing as a walk down a tree-dappled lane at sunset' - Daily Mail 'Gentle and timeless, Paul is the authentic voice of the countryside....
Who owns England? : how we lost our green & pleasant land & how to take it back
Shrubsole, Guy
Paper Book
'A formidable, brave and important book' Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country's oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England's elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto...
Leila and the Blue Fox
Hargrave, Kiran Millwood.
Paper Book
*Winner of the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Children's Writing on Nature & Conservation!* 'A captivating tale that glistens with wonder. Leila and Fox will always have a home in my heart' Sophie Anderson 'This is an extraordinary book - wild and beautiful and...
The salt path
Winn, Raynor
Paper Book
One of the most talked about books of the decade, an inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER INCLUDED IN THE SUNDAY...
The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Shrubsole, Guy
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile 'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday Times Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society...
The flow : rivers, water and wildness
Beer, Amy-Jane
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE 'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK...
English pastoral : an inheritance
Rebanks, James
Paper Book
The moving story of how, in just three generations, an ancient way of life was lost - as witnessed from the fields of a small Lake District farm As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an...
Where poppies blow : the British soldier, nature, the Great War
Lewis-Stempel, John
Paper Book
The outrun
Liptrot, Amy
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZE At the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot...
Meadowland : the private life of an English field
Lewis-Stempel, John
Paper Book
What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow's life from January to December, together with its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay...
Foxlight
Balen, Katya
Paper Book
*** WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S WRITING *** From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown...
Underland : a deep time journey
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2020 'You'd be crazy not to read this book'...
Goshawk Summer : a new forest season unlike any other
Aldred, James (Tree climber)
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022 'A beautiful inspirational tale set in an extraordinary time.' Ray Mears   'Wonderful ... they don't come much more expert than James Aldred' Lauren Laverne   What happens to nature when we...
Diary of a young naturalist
McAnulty, Dara
Paper Book
Diary of a Young Naturalistchronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees...
12 birds to save your life : nature's lessons in happiness
Corbett, Charlie
Paper Book
This book is about coping with being human. It's about how unexpected events smash and bash their way into our lives without permission. And how a love of the natural world - in particular birds- will help to raise you from these periodic depths.Through twelve characterful birds, Charlie show us...
Entangled Life : How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures - The Illustrated Edition
Sheldrake, Merlin.
Paper Book
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never before 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane Winner of the Royal...
The Heeding
Cowen, Rob
Paper Book
A year of looking, listening and noticing across four unique seasons and thirty-five beautifully illustrated poems.  The world changed in 2020. Gradually at first, then quickly and irreversibly, the patterns by which we once lived altered completely. 
The hidden life of trees
Wohlleben, Peter
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in...
I belong here : a journey along the backbone of Britain
Sethi, Anita
Paper Book
One woman's journey of reclamation through natural landscapes as she contemplates identity and womanhood, nature, place and belonging. Anita Sethi was on a journey through Northern England in Summer 2019 when she became the victim of a racially motivated hate crime. The crime...
The insect crisis : the fall of the tiny empires that run the world
Milman, Oliver
Paper Book
How would we live if insects no longer existed?
The instant
Liptrot, Amy
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 'I loved this book' Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path 'Utterly absorbing' Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden Wishing to leave behind the quiet isolation of her Orkney...
Fathoms : the world in the whale
Giggs, Rebecca
Paper Book
When Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beach in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales might shed light on the condition of our seas. How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these fabled animals been transformed by...
Islands of abandonment : life in the post-human landscape
Flyn, Cal
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE...
The lost words : a spell book
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent the natural world of childhood, a rich landscape of discovery and imagination that is fading from children's minds. The Lost Words stands...
Landmarks
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
From Robert Macfarlane, the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Underland--a celebration of the language of landscape and the power of words to shape our sense of place   For years now, the British writer Robert Macfarlane has been collecting...
Net zero : how we can stop causing climate change
Helm, Dieter
Paper Book
What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing - or even just slowing - it will affect all of us. But it can be done. In Net Zero, economist Dieter Helm...
The new climate war : the fight to take back our planet
Mann, Michael E.
Paper Book
A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil-fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and to delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet. Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of...
The reindeer chronicles : and other inspiring stories of working with nature to heal the Earth
Schwartz, Judith D.
Paper Book
"Compelling, Fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation."--Isabella Tree "A lucid and compelling look at the global movement of ecological rehabilitation."-- The Boston Globe ...
Twitch
Leonard, M. G.
Paper Book
"Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays, he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere. A convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his...
Thin places
Dochartaigh, Kerri ní
Paper Book
A breathtaking mix of memoir, nature writing and history: this is Kerri ni Dochartaigh's story of a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world.
Silent Earth : averting the insect apocalypse
Goulson, Dave
Paper Book
"A terrific book...A thoughtful explanation of how the dramatic decline of insect species and numbers poses a dire threat to all life on earth." (Booklist, Starred Review) In the tradition of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist...
Uprooting: From The Caribbean To The Countryside - Finding Home In An English Country Garden
Farrell, Marchelle.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A COUNTRYFILE CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOK What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and...
The sea is not made of water : life between the tides
Nicolson, Adam
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022 'A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things ... Nicolson is unique as a writer ... I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL Few places are as familiar as the shore - and few as full of mystery and surprise.
Shadowlands : A Journey Through Lost Britain
Green, Matthew.
Paper Book
The untold story of the hidden places across Britain that have slipped through the fingers of history.
Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains
Fleming, Anna
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE AND THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE With great lyricism, Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing and the developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her....
The treeline : the last forest and the future of life on earth
Rawlence, Ben
Paper Book
Winner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism "Original and readable." ―Financial Times' Best Environmental Books of 2022 "Superb, inspiring." ―Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in...
The women who saved the English countryside
Kelly, Matthew
Paper Book
A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women   In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green spaces. But this was...
The wild places
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
The Wild Places is both an intellectual and physical journey.
Wild green wonder : a life in nature
Barkham, Patrick
Paper Book
The collected writings from one of the nation's most celebrated nature writers.
Vesper flights : new and collected essays
Macdonald, Helen
Paper Book
*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, INDEPENDENT, BBC SCIENCE FOCUS MAGAZINE AND TIME MAGAZINE* *A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* ...
October, October
Balen, Katya
Paper Book
_______________WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022 WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE SHADOWERS' CHOICE AWARD 2022_______________'A very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status' - The Times Children's Book of the Week'A modern classic .....
Otherlands : a world in the making
Halliday, Thomas (Paleobiologist)
Paper Book
What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature today? To actually visit the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among their spectacular flora and fauna, to witness their continental shifts? In Otherlands, the multi-talented...
Our biggest experiment : a history of the climate crisis
Bell, Alice R.
Ebook

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