The Burning Earth
The Burning Earth by Sunil Amrith is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including Bloomberg, for a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedAmrith, a Singapore-born historian, sets out to write a genuinely global environmental history of the last five centuries rather than the usual West-centered account, and reviewers have singled out that geographic reach as the book's real innovation. Where the book runs into trouble, according to several critics, is the ending: after five hundred pages establishing how fossil-fueled freedom and ecological catastrophe grew up together, Amrith offers little in the way of a concrete path forward.
In the press
“One of the very best books of global history I have read in many years”
Los Angeles Review of Books
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | 0.80 | 0.70 | 1.00× | 0.56 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.56 → 12 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is The Burning Earth on?
The Burning Earth appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including Bloomberg.
What is its Consensus Score?
The Burning Earth has a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.