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Over the years, the Dark Mountain website has been home to reviews of books of interest to our readers.

Whether introducing neglected classics that deserve a home on an uncivilised bookshelf, or taking a critical look at new publications whose themes overlap with our work, we hope you find the reviews here a stimulus to reading, reflection and discussion.

The Forest and the Map

Neale Inglenook
22nd September, 2021
Book ReviewsUnder the Canopy

Fighting for the Earth

Tom Smith
24th March, 2021
Tom Smith reviews 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' by Andreas Malm
Book Reviews

Genius Loci

Nick Hunt
9th December, 2020
Nick Hunt climbs over the mindwall to review 'The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us' by Nick Hayes for the second post in our Of Earth and Empire series
Book ReviewsOf Earth and Empire

Riders on the Wolf

Dougald Hine
30th September, 2020
Our perception of climate change is often blinkered by scientific data and statistics. Dougald Hine reviews two books that delve into the kind of lexicon and attention demanded in an age of catastrophe.
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Depth and Breadth

Adam Weymouth
22nd May, 2019
Reviews of 'Underland' by Robert Macfarlane and 'Horizon' by Barry Lopez
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Inside the Doughnut

Chris Smaje
23rd October, 2017
In the first part of the book Raworth dissects orthodox economic theory, showing how it...
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The World-Ending Fire

Paul Kingsnorth
8th February, 2017
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Flight Path

Charlotte Du Cann
29th August, 2016
Every civilisation has had its irrational but reassuring myth. Previous civilisations have used their culture...
Book ReviewsDark Thoughts

Autonomous Nature

Tom Smith
22nd August, 2016
Book Reviews

What is This?

Paul Kingsnorth
1st August, 2016
The Abundance  by Annie Dillard The moon begins to bite into the sun’s face and the...
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Of Sun, Rain and Anti-Utilitarianism

Robert Alcock
14th May, 2016
So the question is not whether capitalism will survive the technological innovations it is spawning....
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Beyond the Life of the Sun: ecomodernism and its discontents

Tom Smith
25th November, 2015
Part I: Introduction Retreat from our predicament is not an option. We must push through...
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