Earth Month 2025:

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