In 19th century’s end arose the first echoes of concern by the increasing stress and pressure imposed on those who live in big cities, by the hand of essayists, precursors in a kind of writing that, especially in the United States, was taking its first steps.

Every month, we choose five new books about nature. This April find out the relationships between insects and the most common wild plants, how it was when Europeans saw a giraffe for the first time, have a thorough knowledge of how perfect eggs and feathers of birds are and whether England still has space for wild life.

Authors such as Melissa Harrison, Matt Sewell and the Swedish illustrator Maja Safstrom are some of the names in this choice of five books published this month. This is a list full of stories, plants, drawings and birds.

Nature writing begins 2016 with giant steps, bringing us a book that, for some, has everything to be the best of the year. The list of books that arrive in January begins with The Outrun, by the Scottish Amy Liptrot, but it has many other news.

This is our book choice for this month. Six books about walking in Nature, photography, natural histories, bats, beachcombing and what can we do to make animals lives better.

And here comes September. So many wonderful new books about Nature arrive this month. We choose six great stories about bees, lions, birds, butterflies and conservation.

Six new nature books for your summer. This is our top list to make your August a little wilder.

Our choices for nature writing books published in July.

Our choices for nature writing books, being published in June.

We celebrate this spring with a fine selection of the most recently published books on nature writing by Portuguese, Spanish, French and British authors.