A fascinating history of the nineteenth-century frenzy surrounding an exotic flower, "The Lost Orchid" is about Victorian imperialism, ecological devastation, and climate change. The “Queen of the Orchids” is rare and beautiful, with... Read More

Anastasia Mostacci’s delightful spiritual guide "Flower Magic" is about enhancing dialogues between humans and nature. As a child in her grandmother’s garden, Mostacci learned how flowers personify the highest qualities inherent in... Read More

Mycologist Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian’s book "Forest Euphoria" demonstrates that queerness is inherent in the natural world’s form and function. Growing up in the foothills of New York’s Taconic Mountains, Kaishian knew early on... Read More

Made up of scientific facts, photographs, and questions about life on the Svalbard Archipelago, "Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play" is a lovely alphabet book. Juli-Ann Gasper’s "Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play" is an... Read More

"Subjugate the Earth" is Philipp Blom’s insightful, timely, and ambitious survey of the history of ideas related to humanity’s domination of nature. Rigorous and comprehensive, the book examines a range of philosophical ideas related... Read More

Nuanced, wise, and enthralling, "Elephants in the Hourglass" is Kim Frank’s extraordinary memoir about her adventures investigating the plight of Asian elephants in northeast India—inquiries that run alongside accounts of personal... Read More

David Gessner’s engaging nature book "The Book of Flaco" is about an escaped owl and humanity’s impact on wild animals. Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, lived in Central Park Zoo for thirteen years. In February 2023, people with... Read More

Made up of journal entries written between 2019 and 2023, "Telling the Bees" is Dominic Pettman’s insightful, ironic, and brooding meditation on COVID-19, political unrest, technology, and urban isolation. Writing from his New York... Read More