Weather

Jenny Offill’s Weather is a compact, brilliantly observed novel about anxiety — personal, political, and environmental. Through the fragmented voice of Lizzie, a librarian caught between caring for others and processing global collapse, Offill captures the rhythms of modern dread. The novel blends humour with melancholy, reflecting on climate crisis, rising extremism, and the difficulty of staying hopeful. Offill’s minimalist style allows big ideas to land with surprising emotional force. It is sharp, intimate, and resonant in its portrayal of a world on edge.