John Green’s “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” from 2021, is a book of 44 brief essays. It takes the star ratings familiar from online reviews and applies them to the marvels and oddities of a world shaped by people. Most of the essays grew out of the author’s well-liked podcast of the same name, reworked and expanded for print. Each one rates a topic from one to five stars, playing on internet review culture. Canada geese, Diet Dr Pepper, and the QWERTY keyboard are among the subjects. Anthropocene
