Book Awards for MichaelHagen

100 Best Books of 2010-2015 by The Oyster Editors

• The Drunken Botanist af Amy Stewart

The 100 best books of the 21st century by The Guardian

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (56)

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• Oranges af John McPhee

AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

• The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History af Thor Hanson (Finalist – Young Adult Science Book – 2016)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There af Aldo Leopold (Science & Technology – 2009)

Alabama Author Award

• Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States af Laura F. Dean (Non-Fiction [special award] – 1975)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month

• The Drunken Botanist af Amy Stewart (March 2013)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year

• Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities af Amy Stewart (#51 – 2009)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Azaleas af Fred C. Galle (1997)
• Common-Sense Pest Control: Least-Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pets and Community af William Olkowski (1997)
• Early American Gardens: "For Meate or Medicine" af Ann Leighton (1997)
• The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: How to Grow and Use Over 250 Beautiful and Versatile Plants af John Greenlee (1997)
• Ferns for American Gardens af John T. Mickel (1997)
• Ferns for American Gardens af John T. Mickel (1997)
• Ferns for American Gardens af John T. Mickel (1997)
• The Golden Age of American Gardens: Proud Owners * Private Estates 1890-1940 af Mac Griswold (1997)
• Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on Their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes af Allan M. Armitage (1997)
• Japanese Maples: Momiji and Keade af J. D. Vertrees (1997)
• Landscaping with Herbs af James Adams (1997)
• Landscaping with Herbs af James Adams (1997)
• Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propogation and Uses af Michael A. Dirr (1997)
• Natural Garden af Ken Druse (1997)
• Rock Gardening: A Guide to Growing Alpines and Other Wildflowers in the American Garden (Timber horticultural reprint series) af H. Lincoln Foster (1997)
• Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants af Lewis Hill (1997)
• Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants af Lewis Hill (1997)
• The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty af Lauren Springer Ogden (1997)
• Wild Gardener: On Flowers and Foliage for the Natural Border af Peter Loewer (1997)
• The Year in Trees: Superb Woody Plants for Four-Season Gardens af Kim E. Tripp (1997)

American Horticultural Society Book Award

• American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900 af Judith Sumner (2005)
• The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest af Rick Darke (2003)
• Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide af Heather N. Holm (2018)
• Bulbs of North America af Jane McGary (2002)
• The Collector's Garden: Designing with Extraordinary Plants af Ken Druse (1997)
• The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails and Selected Bamboos af Rick Darke (2000)
• Creating and Planting Garden Troughs af Joyce Fingerut (2000)
• An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials af W. George Schmid (2003)
• An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials af W. George Schmid (2003)
• The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials af Daniel J. Hinkley (2010)
• The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman af Judith B. Tankard (1998)
• The Greater Perfection: The Story of the Gardens at Les Quatre Vents af Francis H. Cabot (2002)
• The Greater Perfection: The Story of the Gardens at Les Quatre Vents af Francis H. Cabot (2002)
• Grounds for Pleasure: Four Centuries of the American Garden af Denise Otis (2003)
• Growing Hardy Orchids af John Tullock (2006)
• A Guide to Bearded Irises: Cultivating the Rainbow for Beginners and Enthusiasts af Kelly Norris (2013)
• Hellebores: A Comprehensive Guide af C. Colston Burrell (2007)
• Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures af George H. Schenk (1998)
• Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses af William Cullina (2009)
• The Once & Future Gardener: Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines: 1900-1940 af Virginia Tuttle Clayton (2001)
• Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit af Scott Ogden (2009)
• The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants af Peter D'Amato (1999)
• The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redoute's American Masterpiece af David Allen Sibley (2018)
• Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation af Kirsten Albrecht Llamas (2004)
• The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants af Robert L. Riffle (1999)
• Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon: Landscape of the Inner Man af Mac Griswold (2000)
• Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities af Amy Stewart (2010)

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Longlist – Nonfiction – 2020)

Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year

• The Drunken Botanist af Amy Stewart (Non-Fiction – 2013)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Non-Fiction – 2019)

Atlantic Book Awards

• The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History af Harry Thurston (Winner – Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction) – 2012)

BookTube Prize

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures af Merlin Sheldrake (Quarterfinalist – Nonfiction – 2021)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Quarterfinalist – Nonfiction – 2020)

British Book Award

• Flora Britannica af Richard Mabey (Winner – Illustrated Book of the Year – 1997)

The British Book Industry Awards

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures af Merlin Sheldrake (Shortlist – Nonfiction: Narrative – 2021)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures af Merlin Sheldrake (Selection – 2020)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Selection – 2019)

Christianity Today's Books of the Century

• A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There af Aldo Leopold

Colorado Book Award

• Xeriscape Colorado: The Complete Guide af Connie Lockhart Ellefson (Winner – Educational Non-Fiction – 2005)

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Literature Award

• Bamboo for Gardens af Ted Jordan Meredith

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) af Roger Tory Peterson Institute

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Grandmother's Garden: The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915 af May Brawley Hill (Special Mention – 1996)

IACP Cookbook Award

• The Drunken Botanist af Amy Stewart (Winner – Judges' Choice – 2014)

Independent Publisher Book Awards

• 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden af Jack Staub (Finalist – Home and Garden – 2006)
• Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide af Heather N. Holm (Silver – Environment/Ecology/Nature – 2017)
• The Organic Rose Garden af Liz Druitt (Finalist – Gardening – 1997)
• The Organic Rose Garden af Liz Druitt (Finalist – Gardening – 1997)
• Plants of the Lewis & Clark Expedition af H. Wayne Phillips (Finalist – Science – 2004)
• Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants af Heather N. Holm (Silver – Nature – 2021)

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Drunken Botanist af Amy Stewart (Nominee – Beverage – 2013)
• Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking af Fuchsia Dunlop (Winner – International – 2014)

James Cropper Wainwright Prize

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures af Merlin Sheldrake (Winner – Global Conservation – 2021)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Winner – 2019)

John Burroughs Medal

• A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There af Aldo Leopold (Winner – 1977)

King County Library System Best Books

• Summer World: A Season of Bounty af Bernd Heinrich (Nonfiction Books – 2009)

Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Nature and Travel – 2019)

Lambda Literary Award

• Derek Jarman's Garden af Derek Jarman (Nominee – Photography/Visual Arts – 1996)

Lane Anderson Award

• The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History af Harry Thurston (Adult – 2011)

Meilleurs livres de l'année du magazine Lire

• The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior af Stefano Mancuso (Sciences/Gastronomie – 2019)
• The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior af Stefano Mancuso (Sciences/Gastronomie – 2019)

Montana Book Award

• Hawthorn: The Tree That Has Nourished, Healed, and Inspired Through the Ages af Bill Vaughn (Honor – 2015)

National Indie Excellence Book Awards

• Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants af Heather N. Holm (Nominee – ENVIRONMENT – 2021)

National Outdoor Book Award

• Beetles of Eastern North America af Arthur V. Evans (Honorable Mention – Nature Guidebooks – 2015)
• Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton Field Guides, 62) af David L. Wagner (Winner – Nature Guidebook – 2006)
• A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich af Bernd Heinrich (Winner – Natural History Literature – 2018)
• A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There af Aldo Leopold (Winner – Outdoor Classic – 2000)
• Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History af Carol Gracie (Honorable Mention – Nature and the Environment – 2012)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Winner – Natural History Literature – 2019)

Nautilus Book Award

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures af Merlin Sheldrake (Gold Winner – Ecology and Environment – 2020)

NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Winner – 2019)

New England Society Book Award

• Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem af Richard T. Holmes (Winner – Specialty Title – 2017)

New York Public Library Best Books: For Adults

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (2019)

New York Public Library's Books of the Century

• A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) af Roger Tory Peterson Institute (Nature's Realm)
• A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There af Aldo Leopold (Nature's Realm)

New York Times bestseller

• A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) af Roger Tory Peterson Institute (General – 1980)
• Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities af Amy Stewart (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous – 2009)

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

• Bamboo for Gardens af Ted Jordan Meredith (Gardening)

The New York Times Notable Books of the Year

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Nonfiction – 2019)

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

• Adirondack Alpine Summits: An Ecological Field Guide af Nancy G. Slack (Winner – Nature/Environment – 2008)

Notable Books List

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Nonfiction – 2020)

NPR: Books We Love

• Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking af Fuchsia Dunlop (2013)
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (2019)

NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12

• Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition) af Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Life Science – 2004)

The Observer Book of the Year

• The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination af Richard Mabey (Nature – 2015)

Ondaatje Prize

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Shortlist – 2020)

Orwell Prize

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey af Robert Macfarlane (Longlist – Non-fiction – 2020)