The Overstory

I’ve been obsessed with trees and organic forms ever since I was a kid, so reading this collection of interconnected stories was a remarkable experience. The novel weaves together the lives of nine different people whose fates are bound to the natural world. For me, it beautifully connects the narrative soul of trees with their inherent scientific and mathematical elegance—things like the fractal nature of branching. It’s a powerful and stunning book that makes you see the world, and the silent giants that inhabit it, in a completely new light.