‘It is already a new world, hotter than ever before in human history and getting rapidly hotter still. Heat is a masterful, bracing, vivid portrait of the future we now know will be shaped, like clay, by that heat – a godlike force, as Goodell writes, governing all life conducted under its profound and brutal reign.’ —David Wallace-Wells, author of The New York Times bestselling The Uninhabitable Earth
‘The climate crisis brings no greater threat than the prospect of deadly extreme heat. In Heat, Jeff Goodell brings a mix of fantastic storytelling, lucid science communication, and eternal optimism in detailing the profound threat we face with the climate crisis and what we can still do about it.’ —Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War
‘As the planet warms, all our assumptions are going to be upended. Jeff Goodell asks us to imagine the impact on our minds and bodies, our communities and economies. Heat is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future’ —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction
‘If you have ever sweated through a heatwave and wondered how much worse things are going to get as temperatures continue to rise around the planet, then Jeff Goodell’s Heat is just the book for you. Meticulously researched yet thoroughly readable, this is at once a portrait of a heat-disrupted world and a primer for how to prepare for it.’ —Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse and The Great Derangement
‘[This book] humanises global warming by telling amazing stories of individuals already affected by it, making very clear the danger we are putting ourselves in. We all have a cognitive map in our head that includes a near future, which is sketchier than our map of the present, being made of our hopes and fears. This book will sharpen that sketch in electrifying ways. You won’t see the world the same way after reading it.’ —Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The High Sierra and The Ministry for the Future
‘Through stellar reporting, artful storytelling and fascinating scientific explanations, Goodell brings to life heat as a world re-making force. In his skillful hands, the climbing temperature is revealed as an invisible, planetary animator that is already pushing landscapes, bodies, and social systems to their limits – and, unless we change course, it will take humanity to an oven-like climate that will feel more like a war than a home. This searing plea for a better, fairer and cooler future should be read by anyone with skin in the game – which is every single one of us.’ —Naomi Klein, author of the New York Times bestselling This Changes Everything
‘In his fast-paced new book about climate change…Goodell denounces the term “global warming” for sounding “gentle and soothing.” As this terrifying book makes exceptionally clear, thinking we can just crank up the AC is a dangerous way to live. This is a propulsive book, one to be raced through; the planet is burning, and we are running out of time.’ —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
‘A remarkable exploration of the deadly consequences of rising temperatures’ —The Economist
‘Entertaining and thoroughly researched, Jeff Goodell brings the subject of climate-driven extreme heat to life in his comprehensive look at heat's substantial impact on humanity's past, present, and future.’ —Al Gore, former US vice-president
‘With his trademark blend of meticulous research, vivid storytelling, and unflinching honesty, Goodell exposes the devastating toll that extreme heat is already taking on communities around the world, and the inspiring efforts of scientists, activists, and everyday people who are working tirelessly to find solutions. Urgent, compelling, and deeply informative, Heat is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our planet…I couldn’t put it down.’ —Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, UN-Habitat
‘Once you read this book, you may never see a hot summer day the same way again. Jeff Goodell gives heat names, faces, stories, and emotions that you will find hard to forget.’ —Andrea Dutton, MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
‘Read this book and then look at the temperatures in the northern hemisphere. That's the Anthropocene: so hot, it's chilling.’ —Jeff Sparrow, The Saturday Paper
‘Goodell’s book is a comprehensive, compelling and timely examination of the fossil fuel-driven extreme heat that is transforming the planet and its inhabitants.’ —Nina Lakhani, The Guardian
‘Goodell uncovers how extreme heat is a force beyond anything we have reckoned with before.’ —The Weekend Australian
‘In each chapter of his book … Goodell highlights a truth essential to our approach to the climate crisis’ —Katie Hawkinson, Yahoo! ‘The best climate books of 2023’
‘Invisible. Enveloping. Palpitating. Deadly. It’s a gripping, whirlwind read.’ —Reese Halter, Organic Gardener
