Recs if you like The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins...

the title pretty much says it all, fic + nonfic featuring mushrooms and fungus!

books that suggest new ways of being, inspire transformations of heart and help you step from thought into action ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ #RealEyesRealizeRealLies ⚜️ Recs Welcome ⚜️

ecological feministical marxistical critical theoretical international

Lots of titles are [insert thing or person] at the end of the world, so let's group them together.

Books to reconnect to nature and the fact that we are just a part of it. Both in the most beautiful and terrible ways 💚☀️🦋🐾🌿🪴🍀🌺🌻🌈 More non-fiction than fiction

Books about the wonderful and fascinating Kingdom of Fungi and their relationship with us.

Plus a slime mould or two (Kingdom Protista)

Tags: Fungi, Mushroom, Mould, Mold, Yeast, Mycelium

Stories of the rural west

I haven’t read all of these, so feedback is welcome!

cumulative list of things i’ve read and loved in school + a few recs that i haven’t yet read…

I love mushroom-related horror, and these are all the books I have found that use spores, fungus, or mushrooms as the antithesis of the book's horror.

Books that re-enchant and re-invent. Books that explore and merge magical and ecological realms. Mostly non-fiction, essays and poetry that I have previously used as research material and things that are dear to me.

“I think we are in the Underworld and haven’t figured it out yet. Both inside and outside us.” -Martin Shaw, Courting the Wild Twin

Ethnography is a research method primarily used in social and behavioral sciences to gain a deeper understanding of human behaviors, motivations, cultures, and interactions. This list contains only ethnographies written by anthropologists/sociologists covering multiple sub-disciplines. Also included are meta books discussing ethnographic research itself.

a mix of near-future / speculative / dystopian / science fiction, satire, poetry, and nonfiction on apocalypses past, present, and future, and how we have and can continue to live through them.

Reads about the climate crisis that’s facing humanity

Mushrooms!

Theme: “What is a thing? What is the difference between people and things?” with a focus on identity, commodification, alienation, and even AI

List is not yet completed

Books + Films (in order): Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift Wen Muye, “Dying to Survive” (2018) Hunger Games - Hayao Miyazaki, “The Boy and the Heron” (2023) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - TBA Spike Jonze, “Her” (2013)

Curated by AJ Book Club, here are some books to read and discuss as couples!

Historic and anthropological books about food