Earth Day for Adults

Inspirational and motivational non-fiction reads for Earth Day.

Updated April 15, 2026
L
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Happy Valley Library
This is your list in printable form. Simply print this page using your browser's print command.

Earth Day for Adults

Inspirational and motivational non-fiction reads for Earth Day.

Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Our fragile moment : how lessons from Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis
Mann, Michael E.
Paper Book
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course.   For the...
The end of Eden : wild nature in the age of climate breakdown
Welz, Adam
Paper Book
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title "At once an elegy and an exhortation."--ELIZABETH KOLBERT A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosystems - an homage to the miraculous, vibrant entity that is life on...
Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet
Goldfarb, Ben (Environmental journalist)
Paper Book
Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings,...
No straight road takes you there : essays for uneven terrain
Solnit, Rebecca
Paper Book
From the climate crisis and the pandemic to trends in masculinity, a stellar collection of Rebecca Solnit's most recent thinking exploring the power of activism.
We are eating the Earth : the race to fix our food system and save our climate
Grunwald, Michael
Paper Book
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food...
Ocean : Earth's last wilderness
Attenborough, David
Paper Book
What we can know
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** 'McEwan's most richly layered work' Sunday Times 'A gripping page-turner' Observer 'A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart' Elif Shafak A quest, a literary...
The unworthy
Bazterrica, Agustina María
Paper Book
A fearsomely dark, incantatory new dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the Flesh 'Barbaric, brutal and utterly beautiful. The Unworthy is a searing haunt of a novel that I will never forget' LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF...
Jane and Dan at the end of the world
Oakley, Colleen
Paper Book
Date night goes off the rails when one unhappy couple find themselves taken hostage by a climate activist group 'Marital discord meets mortal danger in this high-stakes tongue-in-cheek romp' Good Housekeeping 'The true definition of...
The greatest possible good
Brooks, Ben
Paper Book
Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award How much should one person give to make the world a better place? How much can one family take? **The hilarious, thought-provoking new novel from the Somerset Maugham...
A guardian and a thief
Majumdar, Megha
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 A GUARDIAN 'BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026' SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK TIME MUST-READ BOOK WINNER OF...
Land power : who has it, who doesn't, and how that determines the fate of societies
Albertus, Michael
Paper Book
Find this list online

https://librarian.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/lp/1918.2384/list/1166

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.