42 New Nature Books to Connect You With the Wild

"Spring is finally here, thank the gods. That was a rough winter.

To celebrate the year's greenest season, we've gathered here the best new nature books that have hit shelves since 2020. We've taken a relatively broad approach to the concept of nature, but as you'll see below, it really pays off.

Take, for instance, the innovative nonfiction book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. Author Mary Roach is both a very funny writer and a ridiculously gifted science communicator. With Fuzz, she finds a unique approach vector to the complicated and perpetual conflicts between humans and wildlife.

Other highlights in this collection include an exhaustive historical profile of America's favorite raptor. Or check out NPR reporter Lulu Miller's personal adventures in piscine taxonomy, Why Fish Don't Exist. If you're feeling despair about our culture's current relationship with nature, don't miss this hopeful vision from world-famous anthropologist Jane Goodall."