JEFF GOODELL ’s latest book is The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. He is the New York Times best-selling author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 2017. As a journalist, he has covered climate change for more than two decades and is a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. MORE
“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
An explosive, completely new understanding of heat, the lethal force which threatens every living cell on Earth. Jeff Goodell presents a deeply-reported examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.
