nature book

Outdoor reference volume

A nature book is a book about the natural world—wildlife, plants, ecosystems, or outdoor environments.

The term covers field guides, natural history writing, and literary nature essays: She picked up a nature book about birds of the Pacific Northwest.

Nature books range from scientific identification guides to reflective works like those of Thoreau or Annie Dillard.

Related

flora · fauna · wild plants · hiking · Thoreau · John Muir · wildflowers · pressed flowers · birding · ecology · trail · leaves · trees · identification · outdoors · seasons · wildlife · botanical

Categories
Opposites
subject matter

nature bookbusiness book

Publication on commerce

city guide · software manual · self-help book · law book

genre/format

nature booktextbook

Academic subject manual

technical manual · instruction manual · reference book · encyclopedia · how-to guide

content type

nature booknovel

New and unusual

fiction · fantasy novel · textbook · short story collection · romance novel

Family

nature, book, natures, natural, naturally, naturalism, naturalist, naturalistic, naturalize

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G