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In Trees
- Author
- Robert Moor
- Narrator
- Robert Moor
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 April 2026
- Run Time
- 12 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, Travel writing, Social and cultural anthropology, Nature therapy
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one... From New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor comes a wondrous, curious journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees – from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai – can teach us to grow wise.
One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home, unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long adventure in trees. From Darwin to Attenborough, Brecht to Wordsworth, cutting-edge scientists and Zen monks and Bonsai artists, In Trees explores the fundamental and meaningful role of trees in the natural world.
In a globe-spanning adventure, from Ethiopia and Papua to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Lake District, Moor uncovers extraordinary stories of how trees have become embedded in our culture, lifestyle and imagination for centuries, becoming the key to almost everything on our planet.
What began as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavour that reveals. . . a tree is not just a type of being, it is also a way of being. A way of being that's open-minded, playful, rigorous and resilient, and most of all, deeply rooted.
"Brilliant, powerful, fascinating" ROBERT MACFARLANE
"Deeply thoughtful" ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
"Robert Moor is a rare and luminous talent" FERRIS JABR
"Dazzlingly erudite, playful, profound, adventurous" JOHN VAILLANT
© Robert Moor 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
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Robert Moor's brilliant In Trees is –– like its subject –– powerfully, fascinatingly arborescent: it branches and roots, gnarls and delves. Moving from sky to earth, Robert Moor unfurls in fine-grained prose the ancient, urgent story of how trees transform us. Reading it, I felt my senses of time, life and process shift in ways I hadn't experienced before. It left me arboresced."
author of Is a River Alive?
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Widely branched and deeply rooted, In Trees is a deeply thoughtful exploration of how we unrooted humans value- and devalue- our arboreal relations. With adventurous journeys, lively storytelling and provocative reflection, Moor invites us along to know charismatic forests through the eyes of other worldviews, encouraging our own Green Revelation to guide us through these urgent times.”
author of Braiding Sweetgrass
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Robert Moor is one of the few I'd trust to bring a fresh perspective to trees and he does not disappoint. By turns earthy and philosophical, what a captivating and exhilarating book!
author of How to Read a Tree
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Entertaining, original and inspiring... it will make you think deeply about the place of humanity in the natural world
Financial Times
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A sage, companionable and fulgent meditation on how best to be human…The prescription is simple: live like a tree.
Times Literary Supplement
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A beautiful book, impossible to put down. I’ve been recommending it to everyone I know.
New York Times
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Marvellous. In Trees is a book of such stature and majesty.
author of How Animals Heal Us
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In In Trees, Robert Moor leads us on a luminous journey into the living forests who gather and sustain us. With deep compassion, empathy and clarity, he reveals a captivating world of intricate connection and intelligence that reshapes how we see trees - and roots our place among them. Wise, profound, and quietly transformative; this is a book I will press into the hands of loved ones
author of To Have Or To Hold: Nature's Hidden Relationships
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Those who loved On Trails are rewarded for their patience with this new book, another in that rare category of 'classic upon publication.' I've lived out my life in places with far more trees than people, and this volume helps me understand why.
author of The End of Nature
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Robert Moor is a rare and luminous talent, and In Trees is his best work to date...To read this book is to feel oneself anchored more firmly to the earth and, simultaneously, to become more open to life‘s many branching, wild possibilities.
author of Becoming Earth
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Details
- Author
- Robert Moor
- Narrator
- Robert Moor
- Duration
- 12 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9781405993173
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, Travel writing, Social and cultural anthropology, Nature therapy
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one... From New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor comes a wondrous, curious journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees – from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai – can teach us to grow wise.One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home, unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long adventure in trees. From Darwin to Attenborough, Brecht to Wordsworth, cutting-edge scientists and Zen monks and Bonsai artists, In Trees explores the fundamental and meaningful role of trees in the natural world.In a globe-spanning adventure, from Ethiopia and Papua to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Lake District, Moor uncovers extraordinary stories of how trees have become embedded in our culture, lifestyle and imagination for centuries, becoming the key to almost everything on our planet.What began as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavour that reveals. . . a tree is not just a type of being, it is also a way of being. A way of being that's open-minded, playful, rigorous and resilient, and most of all, deeply rooted."Brilliant, powerful, fascinating" ROBERT MACFARLANE"Deeply thoughtful" ROBIN WALL KIMMERER"Robert Moor is a rare and luminous talent" FERRIS JABR"Dazzlingly erudite, playful, profound, adventurous" JOHN VAILLANT© Robert Moor 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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