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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. “The perfect book for right now.” –People “The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation.” –Library Journal, starred review The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar. Funny, complex, and rich with detail, the reviews chart the contradictions of contemporary humanity.

Society & CultureSociety & Culture · medium confidenceSociety & Culture81 signalsLlm Classifier: Society & Culture -> Society & CultureTopic Classifier: Essays & Cultural Criticism -> Arts & CriticismTopic Classifier: Intellectual History & Ideas -> HistoryEssays & Cultural CriticismIntellectual History & Ideas

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2022LonglistOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

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    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Canada40%
    • Penguins of Madagascar36%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    36 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.