Book description
The New York Times-bestselling "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good
Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we…
Why read it?
1 author picked False Alarm as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I enjoyed this and thought it an excellent analysis of the climate problem, doing so without any of the catastrophism so dominant in media and political discourse.
Here, Lomborg makes a comparative study of climate change and many of the other major problems facing the world and succinctly demonstrates that most of our public policy in the West on climate change is unsustainably expensive and will make almost no difference to outcomes.
In it, he lays out a better direction for governments and international organizations to take without losing sight that climate change is just one problem among many…
If you love False Alarm...
The High House
The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
Want books like False Alarm?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like False Alarm.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,210
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like False Alarm, you might also like...
Aggressor
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
The Duke's Christmas Redemption
A Duke who has rejected love, a Lady who dreams of a love match, an arranged marriage, a house full of secrets, a most unneighborly neighbor, a plot to destroy reputations, an unexpected love that redeems it all.
Lady Charlotte Wyndham, given in an arranged marriage to a man she…
