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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Core Collections: Facing Climate Change via Booklist

I have given my Demystifying Genre talk 4 times over the last month, and one of the updates I have made to this program is including notes where popular trends in fiction genres overlap with their narrative nonfiction counterpart. For example, True Adventure for Adrenaline fans and True Crime for Mystery readers. 

In Science Fiction Climate Science Fiction, or Cli-Fi, is still a trend. [In 2019 I did this post explaining it in detail.  I also have a tag for cli-fi.] And narrative nonfiction that addresses climate change is also becoming more popular. 

Booklist's lastest issue [3/1/22] they address this important nonfiction area with a newly updated Core Collection list on nonfiction about facing climate change. While this is an important list for you to update your shelves, I would also urge you to use this list to suggest to leisure readers who are seeking Cli-Fi as well. 

Below is the introduction to the core collections list with a link to read the details.

And please note: I am working toward incorporating more nonfiction RA coverage and advice into this blog.

Core Collection: Facing Climate Change


By Donna Seaman.



FEATURE. First published March 1, 2022 (Booklist).

Booklist published its first core collection on climate change in 2006, and all of the books listed there are still urgently important because the reality of global warming is still being denied in spite of ever-rising planetary temperatures and the ever-worsening impacts of climate change. Once again, we offer a list of exceptional books explicating the state of the climate, the biosphere, and humankind, books calling for action and offering paths forward. We continue to hope that clearly presented facts and persuasive discussions will help guide us toward solutions. For more outstanding titles addressing climate change, see the Top 10 Books on the Environment and Sustainability.

Click here to read the full annotated list with links to reviews for each book.

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