Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, Conservation Writing and Illustrative Books - Shortlist 2025

The Wainwright Prizes are the UK’s foremost awards celebrating nature, conservation, and environmental writing. Named in honour of Alfred Wainwright, writer, walker, and champion of the outdoors, the prizes were established in 2013 to spotlight the growing genre of nature writing and inspire readers to connect more deeply with the natural world. https://wainwrightprize.com/ (books will be added to list as books arrive)

Updated August 19, 2025
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Ingrained : the making of a craftsman
Robinson, Callum.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION A captivating memoir that immerses readers in the life of a Scottish carpenter as he perfects his craft, builds a business, and reflects on what inheritance and shared...
Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change
Otto, Friederike.
Paper Book
"I can't recommend this book highly enough. It will change how you think about the most important story of our time."--JEFF GOODELL, New York Times bestselling author of The Heat Will Kill You First From one of the world's most celebrated thinkers on climate...
Raising Hare: The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship
Dalton, Chloe.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST...
Is a river alive?
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Hill Times Top 100 Best Book of 2025 From the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title....
What the wild sea can be : the future of the world's ocean
Scales, Helen
Paper Book
The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world's ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within in No matter where we live, "we are all ocean people," Helen...
Insectopolis : a natural history
Kuper, Peter
Paper Book
This visually immersive work of graphic nonfiction dives into a world where ants, cicadas, bees, and butterflies visit a library exhibition that displays their stories and humanity's connection to them throughout the ages. Kuper's thrilling visual feast layers history and science, color and...

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