Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Rural Life and Agriculture
Choose a book about rural or agrarian life contemporary or historical, the production and cultivation of food, and related topics.
All books added
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard

Restoration Agriculture

Mark Shepard

13 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge by Ted Conover

Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge

Ted Conover

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China by Robert Marks

Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China

Studies in Environment and History

Robert Marks

408 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan by Andy Couturier

The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan

Andy Couturier

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile

We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy

Natalie Baszile

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history nature race informative reflective medium-paced
Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce

Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens

James Boyce

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World by Perrine Hervé-Gruyer, Charles Hervé-Gruyer

Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World

Perrine Hervé-Gruyer, Charles Hervé-Gruyer

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

Masanobu Fukuoka

5 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1975 (editions) user-added

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown, Courtney White

Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture

Gabe Brown, Courtney White

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative medium-paced
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe

176 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative medium-paced