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A majestic, slow-moving road trip through deep time that forever changes how you look at the ground beneath your feet. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Annals of the former world.
- contemplative
- expansive
- awe-inspiring
- grounded
- 01
Basin and range
John McPhee
A contemplative journey across the American West that peels back the landscape to reveal the staggering depths of geologic time.
- 02
Encounters with the archdruid
John McPhee
A rugged, contemplative journey through untamed landscapes where opposing philosophies about the natural world collide.
- 03
The map that changed the world
Simon Winchester · 2001
An earthy, atmospheric journey into the mind of an underdog who looked at the dirt beneath his feet and saw the deep history of the world.
- 04
Field notes from a catastrophe
Elizabeth Kolbert
A sobering, globe-trotting journalistic investigation into the terrifying realities of a warming planet.
- 05
Losing Earth
Nathaniel Rich
A gripping, infuriating historical thriller about the decade we almost saved the world, and the human flaws that stopped us.
- 06
The Old Ways
Robert Macfarlane
A lyrical, slow-paced meditation on how the landscapes we walk through shape the landscapes of our minds.
- 07
Alaska
James A. Michener · 1989
A sweeping, millennia-spanning epic that makes you feel the glacial weight of history and the rugged endurance of those who brave the frontier.
- 08
The Landscape of History
John Lewis Gaddis · 2002
A witty and humane exploration of how we construct the past and why historical consciousness matters.
- 09
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
A sobering, globe-trotting journey through deep time and fragile ecosystems that fundamentally alters how you view humanity's footprint.
- 10
Physical geology
Charles C. Plummer · 1979
A comprehensive, structured journey into the deep time and dynamic forces that shape the ground beneath our feet.
- 11
The earth
Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens · 1984
A grounding, accessible exploration of the immense forces and deep time that sculpt the world beneath our feet.
- 12
Pacific
Simon Winchester
A sweeping, panoramic journey through the geological and human history of the world's largest ocean.
