Wainwright Prize 2024 Shortlist

A selection of books from the two Prizes (Nature Writing and Conservation Writing) showcase writing that reflects its namesake Alfred Wainwright’s values of celebrating nature and our environment, nurturing respect for our planet, and informing readers of the threats that the earth currently faces.

Updated November 28, 2024
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Wainwright Prize 2024 Shortlist

A selection of books from the two Prizes (Nature Writing and Conservation Writing) showcase writing that reflects its namesake Alfred Wainwright’s values of celebrating nature and our environment, nurturing respect for our planet, and informing readers of the threats that the earth currently faces.

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The Blue Machine : How the Ocean Works
Czerski, Helen.
Paper Book
A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 A scientist's exploration of the "ocean engine"--the physics behind the ocean's systems--and why it matters. All of Earth's oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge...
Fire weather : a true story from a hotter world
Vaillant, John
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION * FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION * A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing ...
The garden against time : in search of a common paradise
Laing, Olivia
Paper Book
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? Moving between real and imagined...
Wasteland : The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
Franklin-Wallis, Oliver.
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER, THE GUARDIAN, and KIRKUS REVIEWS An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy--and finds out...
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