The Book Sense Gardening & Nature Bestseller List

1.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559

2.

The Wild Trees
Richard Preston, Random House, $25.95, 9781400064892

3.

The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan, Random House, $13.95, 9780375760396

4.

Sunset Western Garden Book
Kathleen Norris Brenzel (Ed.), Sunset, $34.95, 9780376039163

5.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061233326

6.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region
John W. Thieret, Knopf, $19.95, 9780375402326

7.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region
Elbert L. Little, Jr., Knopf, $19.95, 9780394507606

8.

1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
Rae Spencer-Jones (Ed.), Barron's, $34.99, 9780764160059

9.

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Michael Pollan, Grove/Atlantic, $14, 9780802140111

10.

Lawnscapes: Mowing Patterns to Make Your Yard a Work of Art
David Parfitt, Quirk Books, $14.95, 9781594741524

11.

Walden, Or, Life in the Woods
Henry David Thoreau, Dover, $3.50, 9780486284958

12.

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
Tracy DiSabato-Aust, Timber Press, $34.95, 9780881928037

13.

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!
Mel Bartholomew, Cool Springs Press, $19.99, 9781591862024

14.

Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345326492

15.

Otherwise Normal People: Inside the Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening
Aurelia C. Scott, Algonquin, $22.95, 9781565124646

16.

Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home
Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka, Taunton, $34.95, 9781561587346

17.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers: Western Region
National Audubon Society (Eds.), Knopf, $19.95, 9780375402333

18.

Where I Lived, and What I Lived for
Henry David Thoreau, Penguin, $8.95, 9780143037583

19.

Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
Mark Turner, Phyllis Gustafson, Timber Press, $27.95, 9780881927450

20.

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, BC, and Alaska
Andy MacKinnon, Jim Pojar, Lone Pine, $24.95, 9781551055305

21.

The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn
Paul Tukey, Storey Publishing, $19.95, 9781580176491

22.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing
Brian Greene (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618722228

23.

Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens
Glenn Keator, Alrie Middlebrook, University of California, $27.50, 9780520251106

24.

The Well-Designed Garden
John Brookes, DK, $19.95, 9780756628918

25.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Elbert L. Little, Jr.(Ed.), Knopf, $19.95, 9780394507613