The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2026
By Randall Munroe and Jaime Green
Read by Fred Sanders, Teri Schnaubelt, Shahjehan Khan, Matt Godfrey, Samantha Desz, Hayden Bishop, Samara Naeymi, and Jaime Green
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| Category: | Nonfiction/Literary Collections |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A collection of twenty pieces that represent the best science and nature writing published the previous year and explores our ever-changing world.On his selections for this year’s The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Randall Munroe writes, “Rather than simply telling people facts, I leaned toward articles that explained why we knew those facts, and why we cared, sharing portraits of people trying earnestly to understand the world around them.” The essays in this collection are deeply informative and ultimately uplifting explorations into our ever-changing world—and our ever-changing place in it. From water shortages in Pakistan, to a medical device reversing the effects of vertigo, to the politics of the 2025 Los Angeles fires clean-ups, these stories span mental health, conservation, politics, climate, and more, celebrating our unending quest to better understand the world around us.
THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2026 INCLUDES: Sabrina Imbler • Rivka Galchen •
Rachel Aviv • Nathaniel Rich • Tatiana Schlossberg • Trevor Quirk • Roy Richard Grinker
Author
Author Bio: Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer blog What If? Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and grew up outside Richmond. After graduating with a degree in physics from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, he got a job building robots at NASA’s Langley Research Center. In 2006 he left NASA to draw comics on the Internet full time, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach—very long walks. Lots of people say they like long walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach, and after just an hour or two, they say they’re getting tired. Bring a tent. He lives in Massachusetts.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Literary Collections |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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