climate fiction – Reading While Fat

All the Water in the World

I absolutely loved All the Water in the World (pub. date January 7, 2024) by Eiren Caffall! This literary climate story is told from the perspective of Nonie, a 13-year old girl who has lived on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History for eight years, with her father, and older sister Bix,Continue reading “All the Water in the World”

The Last Bookstore on Earth

In The Last Bookstore on Earth (pub. date January 7, 2024), by Lily Braun-Arnold, the immaturity and poor choices made by the narrator indicated that it was clearly for a young adult audience. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this queer post-apocalyptic climate fiction, Narrated by Liz, a teenager who is living alone in the bookstore where sheContinue reading “The Last Bookstore on Earth”

The Great Transition

The Great Transition (2023) by Nick Fuller Googins is a completely engaging, hopeful climate fiction novel told from the perspective of Emi, a 15-year old living in Nuuk, a city in Greenland, and her father, Larch. Larch, and Emi’s mother, Kristina, were part of the Carbon Capture Corps and Great Transition, where young people wereContinue reading “The Great Transition”

The Shutouts

The Shutouts (publication date December 3, 2024) is Gabrielle Korn’s second novel and a sequel to Yours For the Taking. I loved it, possibly even more than Yours For the Taking! Give me all of the climate fiction with lesbians at the end of the world! It could possibly work for you as a standaloneContinue reading “The Shutouts”

Private Rites

This is a big publication day–I have three books to review! I’ll spread them out through the day, this is the first one.

Yours For the Taking

Yours For the Taking (pub. date December 5, 2023) by Gabrielle Korn is a completely-engrossing, near-future (set in 2050) story about one possible solution to climate change–governments building completely-enclosed compounds called “Inside” and taking applications for those who would be chosen to live Inside. Each Inside would be self-sufficient and built strong enough to withstandContinue reading “Yours For the Taking”