Nick Offerman’s favorite reads of 2021
Is there anyone who doesn’t like Nick Offerman? He’s funny, thoughtful, and self-effacing, which will get you far in life. Plus, he’s talented, which gets you farther.
In his latest book, Offerman travels the countryside with some great fellow artists—some of whom have written books that he’s recommended below, and one of whom is his wife Megan Mullally—in order to consider and write about the outdoors. This is a memorable book, full of humor and wisdom, that will help shape how you think about our country and our countryside.
This is a gorgeous love letter to the art of storytelling, breaking down the form into a warm, palatable repast with the help of some Russian masters. If you like stories, people, or life, this book will delight you.
In this generous, gentle how-to, prolific hit machine and super-cute Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy gives us permission to be clumsy and make mistakes in our human efforts, and then realize that those missteps can be good art or bad, and that a great life requires all kinds.
A masterpiece of perambulation - I love this richly detailed argument that walking foments not only good thinking, but a well-reasoned culture. The scale and pace of human-sized strides have a lot to teach us today about whether ‘tis better to amble or sprint through life.
This is a ripping good paean to sustainable farming and the love of one’s ecosystem through the lens of a charismatic Cumbrian shepherd. James Rebanks delivers a clarion call to the reader as to why we need to get our heads on straight about from where our food comes.
Everyone should read this book, and then they should give it to their teenagers. Simply the straight dope about modern sexuality and the related societal pitfalls that have yet to be conquered. There’s one about boys, too.
I would sincerely recommend every word Mr. Berry has written across the decades, but this book is perhaps the closest thing to a central, foundational hub. It is from these chapters that his imperative philosophical F-trains all originate: Friendship, Family, Faith, Folly, Fidelity and Farming.
