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Book Review: North of the Sunlit River by Jessica Bryant Klagmann

October 12, 2025 by Midge Raymond

In her novel North of the Sunlit River, Jessica Bryant Klagmann’s characters face grief and loss amid beautiful depictions of the natural world, from Alaska to New Mexico. Eila Jacobsen is …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction

New and forthcoming environmental books (October 2025) 

October 12, 2025 by John Yunker

Here are some of the newest books to pass our way over the past few weeks. Enjoy! Omniocracy By Charlotte Laws Omniocracy (AHM-nee-ocracy) argues for a science-based animal rights philosophy …

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Categories New & Forthcoming Books, New books, What we're reading

Book Review: Defending Animals by Kendra Coulter

October 2, 2025 by Midge Raymond

During the writing of Defending Animals: Finding Hope on the Front Lines of Animal Protection, Kendra Coulter’s dog, Sunny, spent many hours wrapped around her feet. Sunny, who had been abused …

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Categories Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Pets, Veganism

New and forthcoming environmental books (September 2025)

September 13, 2025 by John Yunker

I’m pleased the share the latest batch of fiction and nonfiction books with environmental themes… Footprint: Four Itineraries By Radhika Subramaniam The book takes the footprint for a walk—to the …

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Categories Conservation, Ecology, History, New books, Plants, Sustainability

Book Review: Little Great Island

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 by JoeAnn Hart

A Novel, by Kate Woodworth Sibylline Press, 2025 Reviewed by JoeAnn Hart Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… the trees commingle their …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Fiction, Gardening, Oceans, Organic Farming, Sustainability

ASLE announces finalists for 2025 Book Awards

June 28, 2025 by John Yunker

ASLE has announced the finalists for its biennial book awards and I’m excited to see a few titles reviewed here at EcoLit Books, like Sea Change, Soil and The Last …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Ecology, Endangered Species, Insects, Pets, Sustainability, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (June 2025)

June 15, 2025 by John Yunker

As we reach the halfway point of 2025 we have another exciting group of books to share. Enjoy! The Secret of Whylder Wood By Elaine Ramsey Park Woods and Whylder …

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Categories Animals, Pollution, Rewilding, What we're reading

Book Review: The Wild Horse Effect by Chad Hanson

March 10, 2025 by Midge Raymond

Chad Hanson’s gorgeous book The Wild Horse Effect: Awe, Well-Being, and the Transformative Power of Nature combines beautiful imagery of the West and wild horses with reflections on mindfulness, nature, …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Chronicle Books, Conservation, Nonfiction, Sustainability

Going to Seed, Essays on Idleness, Nature, & Sustainable Work

December 28, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

By Kate J. Neville Texas Tech University Press, 2024, The Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Winner I read Going to Seed right before the U.S election, when I was full of …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Essays, Nonfiction, Plants, Sustainability

New and forthcoming environmental books (September 2024)

September 1, 2024 by John Yunker

Here are a number of recently published or about-to-be-published books that have come across our desks. Love Story with Birds By Derek Furr “Let us be at a loss for …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, Oceans, Sustainability, What we're reading

North Woods, a novel by Daniel Mason

September 16, 2024August 9, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

Random House, 2023 “Shivers of lust passed through his elytra as he found her scent grow stronger,” and there we are, in the head of an Elm Bark beetle, one …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Fiction, History, Insects, Plants, Random House, Trees
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