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EARTH MONTH - APRIL 2025

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring started it all, inspiring the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Fifty-five years later, in 2025, we use all of April to celebrate Earth Month.

The following curated list of books, including thirty titles across a wide variety of genres,

all share important themes of nature, wildlife, and our relationship with our own world.

I Believe in the Power of Stories.

Stories entertain and inform. Stories encourage readers to explore.

Stories can change minds. Stories inspire readers to take actions. 

Explore, Preserve, Inspire.

Developing the list was a real challenge, and I know there are countless other books worthy

of inclusion. I wanted to collect a wide variety of books, authors, and perspectives--

from nonfiction-science and climate-fiction to adventure-memoirs, historical fiction, and mystery-thrillers--something to captivate and inspire every reader!​

#30TitlesEarthMonth

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WHICH BOOKS HAVE YOU READ?

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WHICH WILL YOU ADD TO YOUR

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Book list curated by

Joan M. Griffin, author of

Force of Nature:

Three Women Tackle the John Muir Trail

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This eclectic collection of environment-related books contains something for every reader.

1. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson - Nature Writing - the book that launched the Environmental Movement

2. Barkskins by Annie Proulx - Historical Fiction - multi-generational epic set in Eastern Canada's forests

3. Becoming Earth by Ferris Jabr - Nonfiction Science - how living things turned Earth into our Earth

4. A Black Fox Running by Brian Carter - Historical Fiction - a lost classic of nature writing

5. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Memoir - combining Native American wisdom with science

6. Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson - Historical Fiction - set in the lumber towns of the Pacific Coast

7. Eager by Ben Goldfarb - Narrative Nonfiction Science - secret life of beavers and why they're so important

8. The Edge of Life by Lena Gibson - Eco-Fiction & Romance - finding love during a climate change emergency

9. Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard - Memoir Science -amazing science of trees, forests, and fungi

10. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver - Historical Fiction - family, love, monarch butterflies in Appalachia

11. Gloryland by Shelton Johnson - Historical Fiction - becoming a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite

12. Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery - Biography - one woman's walk on the Appalachian Trail

13. Heartwood by Amity Gaige - Adventure Suspense - search for a lost hiker, who may not want to be found

14. In My Boots by Amanda Jaros - Adventure Memoir - one woman's inspiring hike on the Appalachian Trail

15. The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson - Eco-Fiction - set in the near future of climate change

16. Muir Trail Magic by Arnold Marsden - Adventure Fiction - one man's magical trek on the John Muir Trail

17. The Overstory by Richard Powers - Historical Fiction - Pulitzer Prize winner, all about trees and their people

18. Scorched by Cam Torrens - Adventure Suspense - wildfire, mystery, and adventure in the Rockies

19. The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson - Historical Fiction - four women, four voices, ancestors, and seeds

20. The Story of More by Hope Jahren - Nonfiction Science - Climate Change, how we got here, what's next?

21. A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson - Adventure Suspense - murder mystery in the wilderness

22. Force of Nature by Joan Griffin - Adventure Memoir - three women tackle the John Muir Trail

23. Tales From a Rogue Ranger by Rosanne McHenry - Short Story Memoir - a woman park ranger's adventures

24. Tangles by Kay Smith-Blum - Historical Fiction - scientists and secrets in the early Atomic Age

25. Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson - Eco-Fiction - set in the near future of climate change

26. The Trail by Ethan Gallogly - Literary Fiction - two men's transformative journey on the John Muir Trail

27. The Truth of Who You Are by Sheila Myers - Historical Fiction - growing up with FDR's WPA in Yosemite

28. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson - Adventure Memoir - the classic hiking story everyone loves

29. Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit - History - the history of walking and hiking

30. Beauty by John O'Donohue - Nature Writing - philosophy of beauty and final word on the power of nature

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