A book. Tangled Life: How Mushrooms Shape Our World, Change Thinking, and Shape the Future. Merlin Sheldrake

Winner of a major 2021 non-fiction translation award in Lithuania

Dr Merlin Sheldrake invites readers into the strange, dazzling world of fungi. These organisms are neither plants nor animals, yet they support almost all life on Earth. Fungi solve problems without a brain, influence animal behaviour, connect forests through underground networks and break down everything from plastic to oil. They have shaped human history through food, medicine and even psychedelics. Despite all this, most fungal species remain unknown and hidden beneath our feet.

Entangled Life reveals how fungi transform ecosystems, technology and even our understanding of ourselves. The more we learn about fungi, the clearer it becomes that life without them would be impossible.