Pierce Cedar Creek Book Club 2025

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

By: Dan Egan
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award

A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and... Read more

The Nature of Oaks

The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Discover the complex and fascinating inner world of the mighty oak tree with this engaging nature book!

The Nature of Oaks reveals what is going on in oak trees month by month, highlighting the seasonal cycles of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers who collect and store hundreds of acorns for sustenance to the beauty of jewel caterpillars,... Read more

The New Wilderness

By: Diane Cook
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year • Shortlisted for the Booker Prize“More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced — a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for... Read more

The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger
Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“An award-winning science writer investigates the people and plants at the forefront of the new science of plant intelligence and sentience. Astonishing! Read more

A Friend of the Earth

By: T.C. Boyle
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

A Friend of the Earth opens in the year 2025, as Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tidewater ekes out a bleak living in southern California, managing a rock star's private menagerie. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most of the major mammalian species are extinct. Once Ty was so seriously committed to environmental causes that he... Read more

Buzz, Sting, Bite

Why We Need Insects

By: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Narrated by: Kristin Milward
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

This enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we could not survive without them is “a joy” (The Times, London) and “charming...Highlighting them in all their buzzing, stinging, biting glory” (The New York Times Book Review).

Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere—deep... Read more

The Waters

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
Narrated by: Lili Taylor
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

“Listen to this book like you might drink a very fine wine. Slow enough to savor every moment. Rich, lush details of the physical environment combined with a heart-wrenching story of three generations of women in rural Michigan. Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Read this, listen to this, let it touch your heart, and share it with others. This is the perfect gift - AND the print edition will keep running out of stock this season, so why not try the audiobook, which is narrated by the author. Fans of Braiding Sweetgrass will be satisfied here, and the small, unassuming size will attract a new audience to... Read more