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Book Reviews

Book Review: Sangamithra Iyer’s Governing Bodies

April 11, 2026 by Midge Raymond

Sangamithra Iyer’s lovely, inspiring memoir, Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed, is told in three parts: in letters to her grandfather, to her late father, and to her readers. …

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Categories Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Book Reviews, Ecology, Milkweed Press, Nonfiction, Veganism

Synthetic Frontiers: The trash island that wasn’t

March 29, 2026 by John Yunker

In the introduction to Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands author Kim De Wolff writes: Sail through the North Pacific Ocean and surely you cannot miss …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecomedia, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oil, PNW, Pollution, The MIT Press, What we're reading

Extinction on Display: Ghosts Behind Glass

March 22, 2026 by John Yunker

The extinction genre continues to expand and evolve as writers provide new and unique perspectives on the loss of animal species and how we come to terms with such losses. …

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Categories Animal History, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Extinction, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Zoos

Your Guide to Climate Action

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 by JoeAnn Hart

How to move beyond your footprint and make a big impact By Ryan Hagen Climate Action Press, October 2025 I have to admit, I opened Your Guide to Climate Action …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction

New and forthcoming environmental books (March 2026) 

March 6, 2026 by John Yunker

We have quite a few new books to share with you — a mix of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Enjoy! Wild, Unfelt World By Hillary Gonzalez When was the last …

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Categories Fiction, New & Forthcoming Books, Nonfiction, Poetry, What we're reading

Sometimes An Island

March 6, 2026March 2, 2026 by JoeAnn Hart

A Mosaic Novel of Family Ties, Climate Upheaval, and Resilience, By Ellen Meeropol Sea Crow Press[1], March 2026 Sometimes An Island, a novel-in-stories by Ellen Meeropol, is set in the …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ecology, Extinction, Fiction, New books

Book review: The Evolved Nest by Darcia Narvaez & G.A. Bradshaw

January 19, 2026 by Midge Raymond

This extraordinary book, intertwining psychology and ecology, takes a look at raising children and creating communities—from an Animal’s perspective. And it’s clear that we human animals can learn a great …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal behavior, Animal History, Animals, Book Reviews, Ecology, Nonfiction, Wolves

Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman

January 14, 2026January 13, 2026 by Midge Raymond

Sara Ackerman’s novel The Shark House is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans and other animals — that unravels mysteries both immediate and deeply …

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Categories Fiction, Harper Muse

Book Review: The Darkest Pastoral: Selected Poems

January 4, 2026 by John Yunker

In the poetry collection Darkest Pastoral by John Kinsella, we are treated to poems about place, people, animals and even chilies. Naturally, I was drawn to the poems about animals. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Poetry

The most popular book reviews and pages from 2025

December 30, 2025 by John Yunker

EcoLit Books continues to see increases in traffic and email subscribers — we’ve nearly doubled the number of visitors from a year before. And we’re thankful to you. It’s inspiring …

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Categories Book Reviews, For Writers

The best environmental books we’ve read in 2025

December 12, 2025 by John Yunker

We published 28 book reviews this year and promoted many more. Out of all the books we’ve read, here are some of our favorites. We hope you enjoy them — and we thank …

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Categories Best Books of the Year, Book Reviews, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
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