The Best Climate Books of 2023 — and the Titles We’re Excited for in 2024
Yahoo News | December 25, 2023 | Katie HawkinsonThe climate crisis has always and will continue to disproportionately affect people who are already facing the consequences of racial, socioeconomic and geopolitical injustices.
Below are some of the best climate books published December 2022 – December 2023, as well as the books to look out for in the new year.
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell (July 2023)
Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from the Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis by Michael Mann (September 2023)
Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World by M.R. O’Connor (October 2023)
Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore by Nicole Fabricant (December 2022)
The Earthshot Prize: A Handbook for Dreamers and Thinkers by Jonnie [Heh!] Hughes and Colin Butfield [Heh Heh!](October 2023)
Reconsidering Reparations by OlúfẹÌmi O. Táíwò (An Honourable Mention from January 2022)
(Computers can’t handle his or her name, apparently.)
Before It’s Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small Town America by Jonathan Vigliotti (Expected April 2024)
Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth: How To Live with Care and Purpose in an Endangered World by Kate Schapira (Expected 2024)
To Serve Man – the Heat Island Way (It’s a cookbook)…
Fifteen Minutes for High-Sticking – Michael Mann and His Controversy
“Green Eggs and Scam”
More Titles of Climate Books We Could Come Up With: …
“Some Like It Hot”. A guide to raising avocados in planting zone five.
Buy a Sweater: A Rational Response to Scare-Mongering Weirdos
A Very Convenient Grant: Who’s Paying the Climate Hucksters?
Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself: Climate Change Did
One Stew Over The Cuckoos Nest
I Am Al Gorax I Speak For The Trees
I was always a tad concerned that it was some of Al’s buddies that killed Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy (Bobby’s kid)
More Titles of Climate Books We Could Come Up With: …(it’s a long one but I think it’s for real)
‘Climate Change Made Us So Poor We Had To Use Painted Pecans For Easter Eggs’
“Here Comes The Sun, and I say, It’s Daylight”
Fahrenheit 451-Just slightly ahead of its time..
How Long Can You Tread Water?
No Cosby jokes here my friend.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
More Titles of Climate Books We Could Come Up With: …
You are going to die: Suck it up and hand over all your parents money.
Climate Change Is for Dummies
Going Through The Change..Is it just me or is it getting hot in here…
Floods and fire, failures and famine. We’re all doomed, except for roaches, cats and salmon.