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In Trees
Robert Moor
  • Published: 30 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405988049
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
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In Trees

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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.

In Trees is 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, globe-spanning 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.

From Ethiopia and Papua to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Lake District, bestselling author Robert Moor uncovers the hidden art of 'tree-thinking', a powerful tool for approaching humanity's oldest questions: What is the secret to growing old well? How do we set down deeper roots in an increasingly chaotic world? And most importantly, how should we – as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the Earth – live?

Weaving together history, ecology, philosophy, neuroscience, mythology, literature, and the abstract qualities of identity, belonging and memory, In Trees shares 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 . . . To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one.
  • Published: 30 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405988049
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
Categories:

About the author

Robert Moor

Robert Moor is an award-winning writer, based between British Columbia and Australia. He has written for The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The New York Times, GQ, Haper’s, Granta, and many more. Moor’s first book On Trails was a New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, the William Saroyan Prize and the Pacific Northwest Book Award.

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Praise for In Trees

A wanderer’s dream, even from an armchair

The Economist, praise for On Trails

'Part natural history, part scientific inquiry, but most of all a deeply thoughtful human meditation on how we walk through life, Moor’s book is enchanting'

The Boston Globe, praise for On Trails

'Moor writes about one subject as a way of touching on 100 others… He’s a philosopher on foot'

The Wall Street Journal, praise for On Trails

An inspired exploration of the collective wisdom of trails. The warm, sinuous line of the narrative is its own reward.

William Finnegan, author of BARBARIAN DAYS, praise for On Trails

A marvellous debut

The Telegraph, Best Travel Books of 2016, praise for On Trails

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.

Bill McKibben, author of THE END OF NATURE

A terrific book, richly mapped and deeply felt and thought

Robert Macfarlane, author of IS A RIVER ALIVE?, praise for On Trails

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.

Ferris Jabr, author of BECOMING EARTH
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