The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025The best science and nature writingwhich these stories representreminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it, writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This years collection masterfully guides us through exotic locations and groundbreaking research, leading us to consider complex and utterly fascinating questions about the world. How does it feel to camp in one of the hottest places on Earth?

“The tools that I need for my trade are simply pen

Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels—the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume—have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium

she’s stuck working with Vik on a Student Council committee

this is a call for communion

just right for little hands

But you will find a jewel inside

Special Agents Luke Kendrick and Carly MacDonald know they have their work cut out for them

• Rebuild your body using evolutionary medicine

and the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic

just can’t seem to get along

Beth is the darling of God Halsa

and secret deals that defined the battle for the White House