--- description: Find out why Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake is on TIME's list of the must-read books from this year. title: 'Entangled Life' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0589b5d7519763e5/698a13fd8fd2eeb96e361f19/best-books-2020-Entangled-Life.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 09, 2020 # Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Take a walk in the woods, look toward your feet and below you you’ll find some of the most complex organisms on the planet: fungi. We don’t really give them the attention they deserve, except perhaps mushrooms at the dining table, but Merlin Sheldrake’s marvelous tour of these diverse and extraordinary life forms is eye-opening on why humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth’s marvels. He explains in wondrous detail how fungi adapt, communicate with each other, share nutrients and spread to almost every corner of our planet. **Buy Now:** _Entangled Life_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780525510314 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525510311/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time-books-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525510311&linkId=5d4051b877049575d4f78a265cdada42 "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Entangled Life: 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904405/entangled-life/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904405/entangled-life/"},"headline":"'Entangled Life' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020","datePublished":"2020-11-09T20:14:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:44:56.481Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904405/entangled-life/","keywords":["E-Commerce","Books","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0589b5d7519763e5/698a13fd8fd2eeb96e361f19/best-books-2020-Entangled-Life.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0589b5d7519763e5/698a13fd8fd2eeb96e361f19/best-books-2020-Entangled-Life.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904405/entangled-life/","name":"'Entangled Life' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020"}}]}] ```