Annual Literature Award >> Winners and Nominees >> 2025 Nominees

Nominees for the 2025 Annual Literature Award are:

[Current list after deadline & review]


The Beauty of the Flower: The Art and Science of Botanical Illustration

Harris, Stephen

Reaktion Books, 2023. 336 p.

ISBN 9781789147803

Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration in the Premodern Mediterranean

Griebeler, Andrew

University of Chicago Press, 2024. 344 p.

ISBN 9780226826790

Darwin and the Art of Botany: Observations on the Curious World of Plants

Costa, James T. and Bobbi Angell

Timber Press, 2023. 380 p.

ISBN 9781643260792

Demystifying Orchid Pollination: Stories of Sex, Lies and Obsession

Karremans, Adam P.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2023. 442 p.

ISBN 9781842467848

Youth Literature An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children

Kincaid, Jamaica; illustrated by Kara Elizabeth Walker

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. 96 p.

ISBN 9780374608255

The Essential Tree Selection Guide: For Climate Resilience, Carbon Storage, Species Diversity and Other Ecosystem Benefits

Sjoman, Henrik and Arit Anderson

Filbert Press, 2023. 550 p.

ISBN 9781739903947

Youth Literature Farah Loves Mangoes

Sinha, Sarthak

Flying Eye Books, 2023. 40 p.

ISBN 9781838741365

First Ladies and Their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas

Chadwick, A. A. and Arthur E. Chadwick

Chadwick & Son Orchids, Inc., 2024. 304 p.

ISBN 9798218385866

The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice

Parkin, Simon

Scribner, 2024. 384 p.

ISBN 9781668007662

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Laing, Olivia

W. W. Norton & Company, 2024. 336 p.

ISBN 9780393882001

Great British Elms: The remarkable story of an iconic tree and it’s return from the brink

Seddon, Mark, David Shreeve; (photogr. by) Sam Ford

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2024. 304 p.

ISBN 9781842468180

The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture

Klein, Barrett

Timber Press, 2024. 368 p.

ISBN 9781643261362

Youth Literature Inside the Compost Bin

Plan, Melody Sumaoang; illustrated by Rổng Phạm and Vinh Nguyễn

Tilbury House Publishers, 2024. 40 p.

ISBN 9781668944868

Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager

Wong, Tama Matsuoka; photographs by Ngoc Minh Ngo; illustrations by Bobbi Angell and Wil Wong

Hardie Grant, 2024. 240 p.

ISBN 9781958417256

Youth Literature A Jungle in Your Living Room: A Guide to Creating Your Own Houseplant Collection

Holland, Michael; illustrated by Philip Giordano

Flying Eye Books, 2023. 128 p.

ISBN 9781838748630

Lichenopedia: A Brief Compendium

Hurley, Kay

Princeton University Press, 2024. 192 p.

ISBN 9780691239903

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Schlanger, Zoë

HarperCollins, 2024. 304 p.

ISBN 9780063073852

The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History

Lücking Robert and Toby Spribille

Princeton University Press, 2024. 288 p.

ISBN 9780691247274

Youth Literature The Miracle Seed

Lemelman, Martin

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2023. 80 p.

ISBN 9780802855909

Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science

McNeur, Catherine

Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023. 432 p.

ISBN 9781541674172

Youth Literature Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi

George, Kallie; illustrated by Sara Gillingham

Greystone Kids, 2024. 40 p.

ISBN 9781778400773

A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places

Brown, Christopher

Timber Press, 2024. 320 p.

ISBN 9781643263366

The Nature-Study Idea: And Related Writings

Bailey, Liberty Hyde; edited by John Linstrom

Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023. 378 p.

ISBN 9781501773952

Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life

Hipp, Andrew and Rachel Davis

University of Chicago, 2024. 288 p.

ISBN 9780226823577

Youth Literature One Day This Tree Will Fall

Booth, Leslie Barnard; illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2024. 40 p.

ISBN 9781534496965

Palms of New Guinea

Baker, William J. (and 8 co-authors); illustrated by Lucy T. Smith

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2024. 752 p.

ISBN 9781842468104

Youth Literature The Pie That Molly Grew

Heavenrich, Sue; illustrated by Chamisa Kellogg

Sleeping Bear Press, 2023. 32 p.

ISBN 9781534111844

Private Gardens of Philadelphia

Juday, Nicole; photographs by Rob Cardillo

Gibbs Smith, 2024. 320 p.

ISBN 9781423663935

Rare Trees: The Fascinating Stories of the World’s Most Threatened Species

Oldfield, Sara and Malin Rivers

Timber Press, 2023. 400 p.

ISBN 9781604699524

The Robert Brown Handbook: A Guide to the Life and Work of Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish Botanist

Mabberley, David J. and David T. Moore, with the assistance of Jacek Wajer

Koeltz Botanical Books, 2022. 624 p. (Regnum Vegetabile vol. 160)

ISBN 9783946583370

The Roots of Flower City: Horticulture, Empire, and the Remaking of Rochester, New York

Burd, Camden

Cornell University Press, 2024. 240 p.

ISBN 9781501777929

Youth Literature Secret Gardeners: Growing a Community and Healing the Earth

Laurent, Lina; illustrated by Maija Hurme; translated from Finnish by Sofia Karlsson and Jen Pulju Porter

Pajama Press, 2024. 56 p.

ISBN 9781772782479

Shrouded in Light: Naturalistic Planting Inspired by Wild Shrublands

Williams, Kevin Philip and Michael Guidi

Filbert Press, 2024. 224 p.

ISBN 9781739903954

Smithsonian Trees of North America

Kress, W. John

Yale University Press, 2024. 800 p.

ISBN 9780300185218

Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World

Phaidon Editors

Phaidon Press, 2024. 352 p.

ISBN 9781838667795

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession

Stewart, Amy

Random House, 2024. 336 p.

ISBN 9780593446850

The Tulip Garden: Growing and Collecting Species, Rare and Annual Varieties

Nicholson, Polly; photographs by Andrew Montgomery

Phaidon Press, 2024. 272 p.

ISBN 9781838667689

The Vasculum or Botanical Collecting Box: Symbol of the Nineteenth-Century Botanist, Now an Obsolete Relic

Fabri, Régine; translated/edited by Henry Noltie

Plantentuin Meise; Margraf Publishers, 2024. 269 p.

ISBN 9783823618201

Weeds of the Pacific Northwest: 368 Unwanted Plants and How to Control Them

Gray, Sami and Mark Turner

Timber Press, 2024. 456 p.

ISBN 9781643261089

Youth Literature Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl

Schlaikjer, Erica Lee; illustrated by Cinyee Chiu; translated by Shan Li Bannai Serasis

Sleeping Bear Press, 2024. 40 p. (Own Voices, Own Stories Collection) [English and Chinese ed.]

ISBN 978153411315

Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities

Rosenbaum, Jared

New Society Publishers, 2023. 296 p.

ISBN 9780865719804

Youth Literature Indicates a title from our Literature for Children and Young Adults category.

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