Sophie’s Library of recommended readings

a few of my favorites that have irrepressibly enriched my perspectives . . .

  • Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • The Intersectional Environmentalist, Leah Thomas

  • when i sing, mountains dance, Irene Solà

  • catalog of unabashed gratitude, Ross Gay

  • Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg

  • The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

  • Circe, Madeline Miller

  • The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Joy Harjo

  • When My Brother Was an Aztec, Natalie Diaz

  • The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon

  • The Art of Patience, Sylvain Tesson

  • She Had Some Horses, Joy Harjo

  • The Grass Dancer, Susan Power

  • Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

  • The Book of Delights, Ross Gay

  • The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah