My Book Shelf
****This page is in process*****
I read a lot for work and for fun. Reading has allowed me to shift away from a world of screens and consumerism, think for myself, and expand my ideas of the world. I have a lot of books. I find people’s bookshelves to be the most interesting thing in the world. It is how I know I will be friends with someone or if we won’t mesh properly. What people read says so much about them.
That said, I wanted to share some books and things for anyone interested or looking for great reading. Take a peek at some of my favorite books and what speaks to me the most. I have them categorized depending on what you are looking for.
I know I could make a Good Reads page, but I am working hard to pull out of things owned by Amazon little by little so I am just making my own list.
Gardening and Permaculture
The Complete Gardener by Monty Don
How to Grow Vegetables the Organic Way by Rodale’s
The Farmer’s Almanac over the years
Permaculture (Principles and Ethics) by David Holmgren
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
No Dig by Charles Dowding
Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway
The Heirloom Gardener by John Forti
The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost
The Home Scale Forest Garden by Dani Baker
The Grape Grower by Ron Lombough
Wine From Sky to Earth by Nicholas Joly
Any and every book by Piet Oudolf - They are some of my biggest inspiration for design
I love a LOT of books from Chelsea Green Publishing if you are ever on the hunt for more books on Permaculture, working with soil, and paying attention to nature with your work in gardening.
Nature and Farm Writing
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wintering by Katherine May
Seed to Dust by Marc Hamer
Wilding by Isabella Tree
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Upstream by Mary Oliver
The Open Air Life
Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
Finding the Mother Tree by Susan Simmard
Good Husbandry and The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball
Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent
We Are What We Eat by Alice Waters
Rooted by
In Winter’s Kitchen
My favorite publishers are Timber Press and Milkweed if you are on the hunt for other new titles
Cooking
Six Seasons by
All of Abra Berens books
All Love and Lemons cookbooks
Cook This Book by Molly Baz
The Everlasting Meal Cookbook by Tamar Adler
Sugar, Fat, Acid, Salt
Just for Fun - Books I Randomly Have Enjoyed
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Wildwood Series by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
The Creative Act by Rich Rubin