Yes, The Overstory is a novel. But as a novel, this book could stand alongside any scientific paper or piece of academic research dealing with the harmful effects humans have on the planet. As literature, The Overstory has been compared to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. I agree. The Overstory was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Overstory begins with a series of engaging short stories. It then transcends into a thread that weaves itself through the timber w