Robin Wall Kimmerer's Reading List

"I am devoted to the storytelling of the late Brian Doyle, which is so lyrical and always full of the unexpected. I especially love "Martin Marten," which is the intertwined stories of a human boy and a marten boy."

""Rest as Resistance: A Manifesto," by Tricia Hersey. It is an important idea and a serious challenge for me, at which I consistently fail."

"The poet-ornithologist J. Drew Lanham is a treasure. His books, "The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature" and "Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts," reflect a sensibility to the natural world that is simultaneously scientific and deeply emotional."

"His books, "The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature" and "Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts," reflect a sensibility to the natural world that is simultaneously scientific and deeply emotional."

"It's hard to choose one, but Barbara Kingsolver's "Demon Copperhead" rises to the top."

"I was blown away by Zoë Schlanger's "The Light Eaters," about the intelligence of plants. I learned that there are tropical vines who change their shape, color and texture to match whatever plants they are growing with."

"Sometimes I just want to retreat to the village of Three Pines in Louise Penny's brilliant series of Inspector Gamache mysteries."