Recs if you like The Burning Earth: A History...
Collapse Pt. 1: It Is Later Than You Think
Or: reasons I'm not hopeful about our increasingly apocalyptic circumstances, and a defense of despair
I believe hopelessness is unfairly pathologized and scapegoated for our collective failure to take meaningful action against ecocide. Climate catastrophe is accelerating. Collapse is underway, and you're not crazy for noticing. You don't need to feel bad about feeling bad.
SISTER LIST: forthcoming
The Observer’s 25 Best Books of the Century So Far
The Observer published a list of the “25 best books of the century so far” on December 18, 2025, as decided by their critics and editors. (Note: the inclusion of The Odyssey is specifically for the translation by Emily Wilson.)
nonfiction from authors of the global south
a working list of history, memoirs, and scientific communication from authors based in or who had significant life experience in what's considered the global south. the goal of this list was to read more nonfiction from alternate global perspectives, open to edits or suggestions!
