2017 BY THE BOOKS

A 9-book collage of some of the best books we found this year.

We love books. All kinds of books. Books about the world and how it works. Books about wildlife and wild places. Books about science and inspiring humans and the fight for equality in this country. Books about trips to the moon and trips to enchanted forests and trips to other countries and trips to other worlds. 

We read some fantastic books this year, and in the spirit of shared book nerdery, wanted to share some of our favorites with you. We're really only sharing the best naturalist nonfiction here, but if you're looking for fresh poetry, fiction, and YA options, you can check out the collage to the left, and/or our full 2017 reading lists are here (Kerri) & here (Matt). 

Kerri's Favorites

Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams
The Wave by Susan Casey
Winter: Notes from Montana by Rick Bass
Crossing Open Ground by Barry Lopez

Matt's Favorites

The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild by Ellen Meloy
On Trails by Robert Moore
​Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-year History by Kurt Andersen

Collective Favorites (books we both read & enjoyed)

The Big Burn by Timothy Egan — Kerri wrote an ode to this book on her Instagram; you can find that here.
​A River Lost by Blaine Harden
​The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

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Addendum: Rather than link to the books on Amazon or elsewhere, we're linking to their Goodreads pages. If you've never heard of Goodreads, then we're stoked to introduce you because it's book nerd heaven.

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What about you? Any favorite reads in 2017?
​Our ears are always open when it comes to good books.