Books and Films, 2025

BOOKS

Recently published books that you might want to check out, read, and/or share with others:

The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, by Christine Webb

How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard, by Douglas Tallamy
(also see his previous books and Homegrown National Park)

Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization, by Bill McKibben

Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, by Catherine Coleman Flowers

Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take It Back, by Chris Berdik

NEW: Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet, by Chuck Collins

Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, edited by Kelly Hayes

Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, by David Enrich

Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by Anne Applebaum — now available in paperback

Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It, by Matthew Facciani

The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, by Osita Nwanevu

There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone

Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism, by Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsang

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, by Cory Doctorow

Please buy books from your local independent bookstore, or from Bookshop.org, or Barnes and Noble (and not from Amazon)—for the authors, local bookstores (and local economies), the environment, and democracy.


FILMS

Documentary films that you might want to watch or mention to others:

 

I will add more books and films to this list as the year goes on and I learn about others that seem important and compelling.

Do you have favorite books or authors or films to recommend? Please mention them in the Comments.

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July 30, 2025

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