Is a River Alive?New · Nonfiction, Nature, Science
Is a River Alive?
2025 · 384 pages · Nonfiction
46
New
★ 4.15 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025). 4.15★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #56 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #291 of the 730 new books we rank
- #682 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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