If you really want to know what we're in for (and if you're not afraid of being terrified), here are a few books I suggest reading. They might help to prepare you for the reality of 100% fully-intentional capitalist climate chaos.

NON-FICTION

📙 "Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide" by Bill McGuire, Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London

Bill McGuire explains the science behind the climate crisis and presents a blunt but authentic picture of the world our children and grandchildren will inherit; a world that we catch only glimpses of in today's blistering heatwaves, calamitous wildfires, and ruinous floods and droughts. Bleak though it is, the picture is one we must all face up to, if only to spur genuine action – even at this late stage – to stop a harrowing future becoming a truly cataclysmic one. ➡️ iconbooks.com/ib-title/hothous…

📕 "Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency" by Mark Lynas

We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilization collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children expect? Rigorously cataloguing the very latest climate science, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond. Degree by terrifying degree, he charts the likely consequences of global heating and the ensuing climate catastrophe. ➡️ bookshop.org/search?keywords=O…

FICTION

📘 "The Deluge" by Stephen Markley

This very dark, epic novel offers the most accurate projection of where we're probably going that I have ever read. It doesn't flinch from depicting the greed and corruption all around us, or from portraying the ugly results of climate breakdown and societal fracturing. ➡️ simonandschuster.com/books/The…

📗 "The Light Pirate" by Lily Brooks-Dalton

On a (slightly) lighter note, this is a beautifully written, touching, sad, and haunting novel about trying to live with and survive the near-future impacts of climate breakdown. A real gem, highly recommended. ➡️ openlibrary.org/books/OL378531…

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