Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane

Cambridge Fellow and Nature Writer

British author and fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, known for lyrical explorations of landscape, wilderness, and human connection to nature.

Authors & Thinkers

Robert Macfarlane is a Cambridge-based writer whose work blends nature writing, philosophy, and memoir. His acclaimed books explore how we navigate and understand wild spaces, with particular attention to mountains, paths, and the language of landscape. He has become one of contemporary Britain's most influential voices on our relationship with the natural world.

10 Books Recommended by Robert Macfarlane

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

Psychogeography

by Merlin Coverley

recommended 3x

A good place to start.

A good place to start.

A good place to start.

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#2

Moose

by Kevin Jackson

The best book on the Moose that will ever be written.

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#3

From Here to There

by Michael Bond

recommended 3x

A wonderful book.

A wonderful book.

A wonderful book.

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#4

Figuring

by Maria Popova

Such a book, it really is.

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#5

Wild Fell

by Lee Schofield

recommended 3x

Abt the changes for the good that have happened in a Lake District valley.

Abt the changes for the good that have happened in a Lake District valley.

Abt the changes for the good that have happened in a Lake District valley.

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#6

Do Glaciers Listen?

by Julie Cruikshank

Outstanding.

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#7

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again

by M John Harrison

recommended 4x

An astonishing book.

An astonishing book.

An astonishing book.

An astonishing book.

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#8

Kings of the Yukon

by Adam Weymouth

recommended 4x

Superb book.

Superb book.

Superb book.

Superb book.

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#9

Tyger

by Dave McKean

recommended 4x

Extraordinary book.

Extraordinary book.

Extraordinary book.

Extraordinary book.

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#10

Everything the Light Touches

by Janice Pariat

recommended 4x

An absolutely wonderful book.

An absolutely wonderful book.

An absolutely wonderful book.

An absolutely wonderful book.

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