Chu, Jeff. Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand. Convergent. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593727362. 208p. $26. NATURE

Bestselling Chu, Travel+Leisure editor at large and coauthor of Wholehearted Faith, pens a mix of memoir, essays, and meditation about nature, land, and self, touching on topics as diverse as CSAs, friendship, and spirituality.

Dalton, Chloe. Raising Hare: A Memoir. Pantheon. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593701843. 224p. $27. NATURE

Dalton, who has worked as a speechwriter for Prince William and Angelina Jolie, debuts with an account of the hare who forged a friendship with her deep in the English countryside during the pandemic lockdown.

Greene, A. Kendra. No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays. Tin House. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781963108088. 272p. $28.95. NATURE

Greene (The Museum of Whales You Will Never See) offers 26 essays about a huge array of topics, from love to strangers to animals and the natural world. Each is illustrated, and the book includes specially designed end pages and deckled edges.

Hanson, Thor. Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door. Basic. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781541601246. 304p. $30. NATURE

Biologist Hanson, who has won both the John Burroughs Medal and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award for books such as Buzz and Feathers, writes about nature in the spaces readers might know best—backyards, gardens, and parks.

Tidwell, Mike. The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street. St. Martin’s Griffin. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781250362261. 288p. $29. NATURE

Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award, Tidwell explores climate change with a hyper-local focus, one block of his neighborhood as it tries to save its old trees. Along the way, he explores the lives and hopes of his neighbors as they contend with a changing environment.