Books we’ve read

Current phase

• The Universe in VerseJuly 2025 · chosen by Teri
• The Emerald Mile — Kevin FedarkoSeptember 2025 · chosen by George
• The Feather DetectiveNovember 2025 · chosen by Teri
• Against the Machine — Paul KingsnorthDecember 2025 · chosen by Teri
• The Meadow — James GalvinJanuary 2026 · chosen by Molly
• An Immense World — Ed YongMarch 2026 · chosen by George · won rank-choice vote
• The Worst Hard Time — Timothy EganApril–May 2026 · suggested by Karen
• The Sixth Extinction — Elizabeth KolbertAugust 2026 · earlier runner-up in the vote · suggested by Teri

Earlier roots

• Sand County Almanac — Aldo Leopold
• The Secret Knowledge of Water — Craig ChildsFebruary 2025 · chosen by Ashley
• Barry Lopez / open-ground reading from before the WhatsApp group

On the future list

Suggestions only — not yet scheduled. The live pick happens in the group chat / vote.

• Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer
• The Invention of Nature — Andrea Wulf
• Bitch: On the Female of the Species — Lucy Cooke
• The World Without Us — Alan Weisman
• The Whispers of Rock — Anjana Khatwa
• What a Fish Knows — Jonathan Balcombe
• Jungle Keepers — Paul Rosolie
• The Book of Hope — Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams