Books for World Oceans Day

By Coll Rowe | June 4 2025 | Science, Technology, Engineering & MathematicsEnvironmental Science

In recognition of World Oceans Day on June 8th, we are sharing a collection that includes books about the ocean to educate students on ways we can influence sustainable environments to secure the future of our planet.

Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
9780593685273

The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal—the shark.

$18.00 US
Jul 08, 2025
Paperback
224 Pages
Vintage

The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
9780593598078
From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this is the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by a world-leading paleontologist.
$35.00 US
Jul 02, 2024
Hardcover
480 Pages
Ballantine Books

The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
9780735224582
A dive into the secret lives of whales, from their evolutionary past to today’s cutting edge of science.
$17.00 US
Jun 25, 2019
Paperback
336 Pages
Penguin Books

A Global Odyssey
9781426221927

Discover the world’s ocean—from tides and currents to the creatures living in it to the impact it has on our lives, whether we know it or not—in this richly illustrated overview of the life force that defines and sustains our planet, written by world-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle.

$65.00 US
Nov 16, 2021
Hardcover
512 Pages
National Geographic

How Sound Rules Life Under Water
9780593442777
A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer.
$30.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
Hardcover
336 Pages
Crown

Building a Future for Coral Reefs
9780593087312
The story of the urgent fight to save the coral reefs, and why it matters to us all.
$18.00 US
Apr 04, 2023
Paperback
352 Pages
Riverhead Books

My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change
9781101974322
In the face of apocalyptic climate change, a former fisherman shares a bold and hopeful new vision for saving the planet: farming the ocean. Here Bren Smith—pioneer of regenerative ocean agriculture—introduces the world to a groundbreaking solution to the global climate crisis.
$19.00 US
Mar 27, 2020
Paperback
320 Pages
Vintage

Under the Sea-Wind / The Sea Around Us / The Edge of the Sea
9781598537055

Pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson explores the wonders of the Earth’s oceans in these classics of American science and nature writing.

$40.00 US
Dec 21, 2021
Hardcover
768 Pages
Library of America

A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
9780525509240
A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth.
$29.00 US
Jul 27, 2021
Hardcover
352 Pages
Random House

The Fate of Man and the Sea
9780143123484

One of the world’s foremost marine conservation biologists tells the story of man and the sea, from the earliest traces of life on earth to the oceans as we know them today.

$19.00 US
Apr 30, 2013
Paperback
432 Pages
Penguin Books

Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
9781984898869

An awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets.

$19.00 US
Aug 06, 2024
Paperback
384 Pages
Vintage

Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas
9780593471470
An ambitious, interdisciplinary narrative that explores how our insatiable appetite for tuna transformed a cottage industry into a global force (with a billion-dollar black market) and the dangerous effects of that shift as our planet continues to warm, through the lives of one fish and her fisherman.
$30.00 US
Jul 18, 2023
Hardcover
320 Pages
Dutton

The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
9780735211285
A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her passion for marine science and the sea's imperiled ecosystems.
$18.00 US
Nov 06, 2018
Paperback
352 Pages
Riverhead Books