After another hot New Hampshire summer, it’s time to relax and enjoy some cool reading matter. Here are a few suggestions.


A recently acquired collection of 21 (mostly) recently published books about the impact of climate change on our current and future lives is now available for borrowing by patrons of the William A. Bachelder Library in East Andover.

Titles in the collection were recommended by reviewers in an April 20 issue of the New York Times. Their acquisition by the Bachelder Library was suggested by the Andover Energy Group.

Titles include (F=Fiction, NF=Non-fiction):

What We Know About Climate Change, NF, Kerry Emanuel

The End of Nature (1989), NF, Bill McKibben

The Sixth Extinction, NF, Elizabeth Kolbert

The Wall, F, John Lanchester

Salvage the Bones, F, Jesamyn Ward

The Water Will Come (2017), N, Jeff Goodell

New York 2140 (2017), F, Kim Stanley Robinson

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, N, Dan Egan 

Losing Earth: A Recent History, N, Nathaniel Rich

Our House Is on Fire (KIDS), Greta Thunberg

… and ten others.

A complete list of titles and a short review of each can be found at nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/climate-change-books.html?smid=em-share

Additional related titles are available at the Bachelder and Andover Public Libraries.