The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing

A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller - A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice - A Kirkus Reviews ＂Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far)＂ - A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 - A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 - An Oprah Daily ＂Most Thought-Provoking Book＂ of 2024

＂An impassioned and wide-ranging work.＂ --A.O. Scott, New York Times Book Review

Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, ＂imaginative and empathetic critic＂ (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise.