“Books of the Year 2025”
New Stateman, 3 December 2025
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2025/12/books-of-the-year-2025
“Books of the Year 2025”
The Spectator, 8 November 2025
https://andreawulf.com/2025/11/07/the-spectators-book-of-the-year-2025/
“A Year With Gilbert White” by Jenny Uglow
Financial Times, 30 August 2025
https://www.ft.com/content/c06a691c-adcd-48e7-a74a-19da6bdf54aa
“I visited Tahiti on the Trail of an 18th century Literary Celebrity”
The Telegraph, 20 April 2025
https://andreawulf.com/2025/04/30/the-telegraph-george-forster-tahiti-and-a-travel-article/
“Books of the Year 2024”
The Spectator, 9 November 2024
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-ii-091124/
“Lessons of History”
Perspective Magazine, August 2024
https://www.perspectivemedia.com/lessons-from-history/
“Dem Universum so nah”
FOCUS, February 2024
https://www.andreawulf.com/2024/02/focus-article-dem-universum-so-nah.html
“Books of the Year 2023”
The Spectator, 2 November 2023
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-i-a-choice-of-reading-in-2023/
“Books to Change the World”
The Guardian, 27 May 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/27/books-to-change-the-world-dua-lipa-sadiq-khan-sebastian-barry-and-more-share-their-picks
“North of the Future”
TLS, 26 May 2023
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/art-literature-conflict-hay-festival-2023/
“On Savage Shores” by Caroline Dodds Pennock
The Times, 7 January 2023
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/on-savage-shores-by-caroline-dodds-pennock-review-qw6sbc56d
“The First Romantics”
Aeon, 20 December 2022
https://aeon.co/essays/english-romanticism-was-born-from-a-serious-germanomania
“Top Ten Books about Unlikely Revolutionaries”
The Guardian, 16 November 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/16/top-10-books-about-unlikely-revolutionaries-andrea-wulf-magnificent-rebels
“What a Young Philosopher Discovered More Than 200 Years Ago About Nature”
New York Times, 13 September 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/environment/climate-change-nature-friedrich-schelling.html
“Where Our Sense of Self Comes From”
The Atlantic, 11 September 2022
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/09/magnificent-rebels-book-personal-freedom-origins/671389/
“Excerpt: Magnificent Rebels”
Lit Hub, September 2022
https://lithub.com/how-a-group-of-young-writers-and-poets-revolutionized-18th-century-literature/
“Extract: Invention of Nature” by Andrea Wulf
TLMag36, November 2021
https://tlmagazine.com/product/tlmag-36-tout-est-paysage-all-is-landscape-autumn-winter-2021/
“The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis” by Amitav Ghosh
Financial Times, 11 November 2021
https://www.ft.com/content/52a3d1ec-c12d-4501-aa8a-40627a8ad02b
“Scientist: E. O. Wilson. A Life in Nature” by Richard Rhodes
New York Times, 10 November 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/books/review/scientist-eo-wilson-richard-rhodes.html
“Why We Should Remember … Alexander von Humboldt”
BBC History Magazine, September 2019
“Die Vermessung der Natur”
National Geographic (Germany), July 2019
“Andrea Wulf’s 6 Favorite Books About Nature”
The Week, 21 April 2019
https://theweek.com/articles/836044/andrea-wulfs-6-favorite-books-about-nature
“Das Leben der Anden”
Der Stern, April 2019
https://www.andreawulf.com/2019/04/stern-article-about-peru-das-leben-der-anden.html
“Man and Nature. George Perkins Marsh and Alexander von Humboldt”
Geographical Review, 2017
https://www.andreawulf.com/2017/10/geographical-review-man-and-nature-george-perkins-marsh-and-alexander-von-humboldt.html
“Walden Wasn’t Thoreau’s Masterpiece”
The Atlantic, November 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-thoreau-saw/540615/
“Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker” by A.N. Wilson
New Statesman, 31 August 2017
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/08/wilson-makes-unconvincing-attempt-kick-darwin-his-throne
“Science Books That Inspired Scientists and Writers”
The Guardian, 10 July 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/10/science-writers-books-inspired-them-brian-cox-garry-kasparov
“The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism”
Huffington Post, 15 November 2016
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/andrea-wulf/alexander-von-humboldt_b_12975836.html?_guc_consent_skip=1561997139
“In Awe of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt”
New Philosopher, November 2016
http://www.andreawulf.com/2016/11/new-philosopher-in-awe-of-nature-alexander-von-humboldt.html
“The Moth Snow Storm. Nature and Joy” by Michael McCarthy
New York Times, 21 October 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/books/review/moth-snowstorm-michael-mccarthy.html?_r=0
“The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben
Washington Post, 10 October 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-subtle-communication-skills-of-trees/2016/10/05/e70f87a8-73c3-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html?utm_term=.4f22aaf91430
“Paperback Writer: Andrea Wulf”
The Guardian, 7 June 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/07/andrea-wulf-a-journey-through-thousands-of-books-and-spectacular-landscapes
“Theophrastus. The Unsung Hero of Western Science” by Andrea Wulf
The Atlantic, 7 June 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/the-man-who-invented-botany/485780/
“The Hour of Land” by Terry Tempest Williams
New York Times Book Review, 1 June 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/books/review/the-hour-of-land-by-terry-tempest-williams.html
“Turning Science into Art”, Alexander von Humboldt and Frederic Edwin Church
Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/turning-science-into-art-1463433045
“No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine” by Steve Jones
Financial Times, 1 April 2016
https://next.ft.com/content/5771a778-f675-11e5-803c-d27c7117d132
“A Full House of Daughters” by Juliet Nicolson
The Guardian, 25 March 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/25/a-house-full-of-daughters-juliet-nicolson-review
“Thomas Jefferson’s Quest to Prove America’s Natural Superiority” by Andrea Wulf
The Atlantic, 7 March 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/jefferson-american-dream/471696/
“Weatherland” by Alexandra Harris
New York Times Book Review, 26 February 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/books/review/weatherland-by-alexandra-harris.html
“Venus, the Best and Brightest” by Andrea Wulf
The Atlantic, 12 February 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/but-what-about-venus/459939/
Alexander von Humboldt and Infographics
Geographical (Royal Geographical Society), 5 February 2016
http://geographical.co.uk/places/mapping/item/1542-the-invention-of-nature
“Sibylla Maria Merian. The Woman Who Made Science Beautiful” by Andrea Wulf
The Atlantic, 19 January 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/
“The Last Volcano” by John Dvorak
Wall Street Journal, 8 January 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hot-on-the-trail-of-molten-lava-1452285649
“Books of the Year 2015 – Who Read What”
Wall Street Journal, December 2015
“The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism”
The Atlantic Monthly, 23 December 2015
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/the-forgotten-father-of-environmentalism/421434/
“Paris Climate Change Summit and Alexander von Humboldt”
Foreign Policy, 17 December 2015
http://www.andreawulf.com/2015/12/foreign-policy-the-19th-century-saviour-for-21st-century-climate-change.html
“Cabaret of Plants” by Richard Mabey
Mail on Sunday, 22 November 2015
http://andreawulf.typepad.com/files/review-of-mabeys-cabaret-of-plants.pdf
“Top Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2015”
Publishers Weekly, 20 November 2015
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/68754-pw-top-authors-pick-their-favorite-books-of-2015.html
“Alexander von Humboldt: The Lost Hero of Science”
BA Highlife, 1 November 2015
http://highlife.ba.com/articles/alexander-von-humboldt-the-lost-hero-of-science
Excerpt from “The Invention of Nature”
The Independent, 21 October 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/alexander-von-humboldt-the-eccentric-explorer-was-the-most-famous-man-in-the-world-after-napoleon-a6703346.html
“The Invention of Science” by David Wootton
Financial Times, 28 August 2015
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ad4e420-4bd4-11e5-b558-8a9722977189.html
“Landfalls” by Naomi J. Williams
Wall Street Journal, 14 August 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/learning-the-hard-way-1439583608
“The Reasons for Flowers” by Stephen Buchmann
Wall Street Journal, 31 July 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/petal-to-the-metal-1438376696
“A Beautiful Question” by Frank Wilczek
Financial Times, 10 July 2015
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f82842d6-23d9-11e5-bd83-71cb60e8f08c.html
“Alexander von Humboldt: The Man Who Made Nature Modern”
LA Times, 5 July 2015
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wulf-rediscovering-alexander-von-humboldt-20150705-story.html#page=1
“Backlands” by Victoria Shorr
New York Times Book Review, 12 June 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/backlands-by-victoria-shorr.html?_r=
“A Natural History of English Gardening” by Mark Laird
The Guardian, 14 May 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/14/a-natural-history-of-english-gardening-mark-laird-review-groundbreaking
“Naturalist’s Paradise” by John Hemmings
Wall Street Journal, 10 April 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-naturalists-in-paradise-by-john-hemming-1428683982
“A Royal Experiment” by Janice Hadlow
New York Times Book Review, 26 December 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/books/review/a-royal-experiment-by-janice-hadlow.html?_r=0
“Sedition” by Katharine Grant
New York Times Book Review, 6 June 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/sedition-by-katharine-grant.html?_r=1
“Round About the Earth” by Joyce E. Chaplin
Literary Review, March 2014
“Equilateral” by Ken Kalfus
New York Times Book Review, 10 May 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/books/review/equilateral-by-ken-kalfus.html?_r=1&
“A Man For All Seasons”
New York Times, 19 April 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/books/review/a-man-for-all-seasons.html?ref=books&_r=1&
“Georgian. Plants from Abroad”
The English Garden, February 2013
“I, Hogarth” by Michael Dean
New York Times Book Review, 1 February 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/i-hogarth-by-michael-dean.html?_r=0
“How to Create the Perfect Wife” by Wendy Moore
The Guardian, 5 January 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jan/04/how-create-perfect-wife-review
“Beautiful Lies” by Clare Clark
New York Times Book Review, 14 September 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/books/review/beautiful-lies-by-clare-clark.html?_r=1&ref=books
“Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace” by Kate Summerscale
New York Times Book Review, 22 June 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/books/review/mrs-robinsons-disgrace-by-kate-summerscale.html?pagewanted=all
“Venus Chasers of the 18th Century”, op-ed by Andrea Wulf
LA Times, 3 June 2012
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/03/opinion/la-oe-0603-wulf-venus-science-20120603
“The Royal Society and the 1761 Transit of Venus” by Andrea Wulf
Astronomy Now, June 2012
“A Celestial Encounter”
London Library Magazine, June 2012
“Tiny Black Dot that Unlocks the Universe”
Daily Mail, 12 May 2012
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2143510/Danger-death-science-How-1761-transit-Venus-sun-revolutionised-view-solar-system.html
“A Celestial Event That Sparked a Revolution” by Andrea Wulf
Wall Street Journal, 20 April 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303513404577353802012350434.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5
“Freedom’s Gardener” by Myra B. Young
New York Times Book Review, 16 March 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/books/review/myra-b-young-armsteads-freedoms-gardener.html?_r=1&ref=books
“Paradise Lust” by Brook Wilensky–Lanford
New York Times Book Review, 5 August 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/paradise-lust-by-brook-wilensky-lanford-book-review.html?_r=1
“Gardening as Politics: Digging the Founding Gardeners”, op-ed by Andrea Wulf
LA Times, 29 May 2011
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/29/opinion/la-oe-wulf-gardens-20110529
“The Paper Garden” by Molly Peacock
New York Times Book Review, 13 May 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/books/review/book-review-the-paper-garden-by-molly-peacock.html?_r=0
“The Omnipotent Magician” by Jane Brown
Mail on Sunday, 20 March 2011
“The Land of the Free Has Been Shaped by the Plants It Raises” by Andrea Wulf
Daily Telegraph, 23 February 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8338985/The-land-of-the-free-has-been-shaped-by-the-plants-it-raises.html
“Cry Freedom”
Opera Now, January 2011
“The Women Jefferson Loved” by Virginia Scharff
New York Times Book Review, 17 December 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/books/review/Wulf-t.html?_r=2&ref=books&
“City of Sin” by Caroline Arnold
Mail on Sunday, 28 November 2010
“When London Was Capital of America” by Julie Flavell
New York Times Book Review, 30 July 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Wulf-t.html?scp=1&sq=%22andrea%20wulf%22&st=cse
“Gardening Women” by Catherine Horwood
Mail on Sunday, 23 May 2010
“Wild Romance. A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial and a Self-Made Woman” by Chloe Schama
New York Times Book Review, 2 April 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/books/review/Wulf-t.html?scp=1&sq=andrea%20wulf&st=cse
“The Arsenic Century” by James Whorton
Mail on Sunday, 14 March 2010
“Meeting of Minds”
Kew Magazine, Winter 2009
“Everything You Can Do in the Garden Without Actually Gardening” by Philippa Lewis
Mail on Sunday, 29 November 2009
“Behind Closed Doors. At Home in Georgian England” by Amanda Vickery
New York Times Book Review, 20 December 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/books/review/Wulf-t.html?_r=2&ref=books
“Sugar: A Bittersweet History” by Elizabeth Abbott
Mail on Sunday, 8 November 2009
“The Madisons at Montpelier” by Ralph Ketcham
Times Literary Supplement, 16 October 2009
“The Papers of James Madison, vol.1” ed. David B. Mattern and J.C.A. Stagg
Times Literary Supplement, 16 October 2009
“Great American Gardens” by Tim Richardson
Literary Review, October 2009
“The Flowering of a Glorious Obsession”
Kew Magazine, Summer 2009
“The Legacy of the Mastodon” by Keith Thomson
Times Literary Supplement, 10 July 2009
“The Roots of a Gardening Obsession”
Wall Street Journal, 25 April 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124061520220654895.html#printMode
“The Brother Gardeners”
Early American Life, April 2009
“Politics in Spades: Why the Obama Veg Patch Matters”
The Guardian, 24 March 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/24/gardens-michelle-obama
“For All the Tea in China” by Sarah Rose
Mail on Sunday, 15 March 2009
“Remote Rescues”
The Garden (RHS), February 2009
“The Gardens at Kew” by Alan Patterson
House & Garden, February 2009
“Wedlock” by Wendy Moore
Mail on Sunday, 25 January 2009
“The Age of Wonder” by Richard Holmes
Mail on Sunday, October 2008
“William Robinson. The Wild Garden” by Richard Bisgrove
House & Garden, October 2008
“The Seeds of Change. John Bartram’s Trees at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew”
Kew Magazine, Autumn 2008
“Elizabeth in the Garden. A Story of Love, Rivalry and Spectacular Design” by Trea Martyn
The Guardian, 13 September 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/13/history2
“Green-fingered Grief Sweeps the Nation”
The Guardian, 18 August 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/18/gardens.gardeningadvice
“The Biggest Beetroot in the World” by Michael Leapman
Mail on Sunday, 24 August 2008
“The Thief at the End of the World. Rubber, Power and the Seeds of Empire” by Joe Jackson
Sunday Times, 10 August 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article4486584.ece
“Franklinia alamatamaha”
The Garden (RHS), June 2008
“Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America” by Philip J. Pauly
Times Literary Supplement, 30 May 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4034273.ece
“How Does Your Garden Grow”
The Guardian, 20 May 2008
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/gardens/story/0,,2281049,00.html
“The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden” by Katherine Swift
The Guardian, 17 May 2008
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2280546,00.html
“Steal Magnolias”
The Guardian, 5 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/05/houseandgarden.gardens
“Carl Linnaeus. In a Class of His Own”
The Garden (RHS), May 2007
“The Faber Book of Gardens” edited by Philip Robinson
Times Literary Supplement, 13 March 2008
“Beachcombings: The Narrative of Trees” by Richard Mabey
House & Garden, February 2008
“The Head Gardeners: Forgotten Heroes of Horticulture” by Toby Musgrave
The Guardian, 22 December 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/history/story/0,,2231181,00.html
“My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams” edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor
The Guardian, 8 December 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,,2223854,00.html
“From A to BIBA. The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki”
Times Literary Supplement, 13 September 2007
“Joseph Banks and the British Museum: The World of Collecting, 1770–1830” by Neil Chambers
Notes and Records of the Royal Society, September 2007
“The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765–1820” edited by Neil Chambers
The Guardian, 25 August 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/scienceandnature/story/0,,2155612,00.html
“Mrs Cook’s Book of Recipes: For Mariners in Distant Seas” by John Dunmore
The Guardian, 11 August 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2146062,00.html
“Choconut Chaos” by Diana Souhami & “Captain Bligh’s Second Chance” edited by Roy Schreiber
Times Literary Supplement, 12 July 2007
“Arcadian Friends: Inventing the English Landscape Garden” by Tim Richardson
The Guardian, 7 July 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2120357,00.html
“The Dessau Wörlitz Garden Kingdom” by Thomas Weiss
Times Literary Supplement, 27 April 2007
“No Place for Ladies” by Helen Rappaport & “Mrs Duberly’s War” edited by Christine Kelly
The Guardian, 31 March 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,,2046619,00.html
“Virgins, Weeders and Queens. A History of Women in the Garden” by Twigs Way
The Guardian, 3 March 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2025094,00.html
“Queen of Fashion. What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution” by Caroline Weber
Financial Times, 24 February 2007
“John Evelyn. Living for Ingenuity” by Gillian Darley
Financial Times, 16 December 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f92b1908-8a75-11db-8940-0000779e2340.html
“It Shines Like a Gem in a Chamber of Horrors, Culverin Court by Hawkins/Brown” (Building Study)
Architects’ Journal, November 2006
“Household Gods. The British and Their Possessions” by Deborah Cohen
The Guardian, 4 November 2006
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,1939004,00.html
“Strange Blooms. The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants” by Jennifer Potter
The Observer, 8 October 2006
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/houseandgarden/0,,1890061,00.html
“William Kent: Architect, Designer, Opportunist” by Timothy Mowl
Architects’ Journal, 7 September 2006
“My Darling Heriott. Henrietta Luxborough, Poetic Gardener and Irrepressible Exile” by Jane Brown
The Guardian, 19 August 2006
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,,1853324,00.html
“William Kent: Architect, Designer, Opportunist” by Timothy Mowl
Times Literary Supplement, 21 July 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article692937.ece
“A Passion for Trees. The Legacy of John Evelyn” by Maggie Campbell-Culver
The Guardian, 17 June 2006
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/scienceandnature/0,,1799228,00.html
“A Labour of Love. Arne Maynard’s Garden at Guannock”
Sunday Times, April 2006
“Garden Secrets”
Publishing News, September 2005
“Fleeting Glance. Architect Chance de Silva’s House Cargo Fleet in London” (Building Study)
Architects’ Journal, February 2005
“The Last Resort. Hitler’s Prora”
Architects’ Journal, November 2004
“A Thing in Disguise. Joseph Paxton” by Kate Colquhoun
Architects’ Journal, 2003
“Profile of Sune Nordgren, Director of the Baltic in Gateshead”
Architects’ Journal, August 2002
“The Art of the Model Maker”
Architects’ Journal, June 2002
“Gio Ponti”
Architects’ Journal, May 2002
“Paul Shepheard”
Architects’ Journal, May 2002
“Will Alsop”
Architects’ Journal, May 2002
“Material Guy. Designer Jan von Borstel”
Frieze, April 2002
“Hair Today”
Frieze, September 2001
“A Philosophy of Design” by Vilém Flusser
Journal of Design History, July 2000
“Not So Simple. Vernacular Design”
V&A Magazine, April 2000