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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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