The Overstory appears in 20 book lists

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The Overstory appears in 20 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books to make you love plants

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The best novels for immersing yourself in nature

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The best books on trees to make you cherish and delight in nature and rekindle your relationship with it

Book cover of The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us Book cover of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Book cover of The Giving Tree Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

The best books on nature and freedom, for people who have looked at a tree so hard it changed their life

Book cover of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Book cover of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Book cover of Leaves of Grass

The best eco-fiction books that make you care and give you hope

Book cover of Memory of Water Book cover of The Windup Girl Book cover of The Breathing Hole Book cover of Barkskins Book cover of The Overstory

The best books for people who really hug trees

Book cover of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Book cover of State of Wonder Book cover of Path Of The Pinon Book cover of Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Book cover of The Overstory

The best novels on environmental issues

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The best books about trees, living and dead

Book cover of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Book cover of Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology Book cover of The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors

The best works of fiction that clarify the real challenges our world now faces

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The best books on the amazing world of trees

Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of The Lord of the Rings Book cover of Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees Book cover of The Hidden Life of Trees Book cover of The Story of Trees: And How They Changed the World

The best books for getting deep into the climate crisis feels

Book cover of A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time Book cover of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Book cover of All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Book cover of The Ministry for the Future Book cover of The Overstory

The best books on trees in literature and art

Book cover of The Metamorphoses Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth Book cover of Silent Spring Book cover of The Tree

The best books on eco-anxiety

Book cover of Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic dimensions of engagement Book cover of All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Book cover of Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change Book cover of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet Book cover of The Overstory

The best fictional books about our place in nature

Book cover of The Stone Sky Book cover of The Dharma Bums Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of Parable of the Sower Book cover of The Crossing

The best books about human impact on the natural world

Book cover of The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World Book cover of Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future Book cover of The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman Book cover of Dune Book cover of The Overstory

The best books for transforming climate grief into climate action

Book cover of The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth Book cover of A Spy in the Struggle Book cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Book cover of Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape Book cover of The Overstory

The best books on understanding the future in a climate changed world

Book cover of Edward Burtynsky with Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier: Anthropocene Book cover of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming Book cover of The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

The best novels and short stories I've read lately

Book cover of Blacktop Wasteland Book cover of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself Book cover of Tenth of December: Stories Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of All the Light We Cannot See

The best climate fiction books to explore climate change through story

Book cover of Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene Book cover of The Overstory Book cover of The Rings of Saturn Book cover of Solar Book cover of Parable of the Sower

The best books on cultivating connections

Book cover of The Island of Sea Women Book cover of From Sole to Soul: A Daily Prescription For Moving Forward In Your Life Book cover of Anxious People Book cover of Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living Book cover of The Overstory

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