A deeply moving and mindexpanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of nonfiction from 1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking critically acclaimed podcast John Green reviews different facets of the humancentered planet from the QWERTY keyboard and Halleys Comet to Penguins of Madagascar on a fivestar scale.Complex and rich with detail the Anthropocenes reviews have been praised as observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Greens gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience it includes beloved essays along with six allnew pieces exclusive to the book.