SEJ members' favorite environmental fiction books

Here's a list of environmental fiction books SEJ members have enjoyed as a change of pace from "just the facts." Books marked with asterisks were recommended multiple times. Especially popular are mysteries involving the environment, such as Barr's Anna Pigeon series and as people said over and over again, anything by Carl Hiaasen. Don't miss the section for kids at the bottom of the page.

Abbey, Edward

Down the River
The Fool's Progress
Hayduke Lives
The Monkey Wrench Gang*

Alexie, Sherman

Indian Killer

Atwood, Margaret

Oryx and Crake

Barr, Nevada

Blind Descent*
Endangered Species*
Ill Wind*
A Superior Death*
Track of the Cat*

Baxter, Charles

Shadow Play

Bissell, Sallie

In the Forest of Harm

Boyle, T.C.

A Friend of the Earth

Brunner, John

The Sheep Look Up

Callenbach, Ernest

Ecotopia

Cody, Robin

Ricochet River

deBuys, William

River of Traps: A Village Life

Dickinson, Peter

The Poison Oracle

Doig, Ivan

Mountain Time
The Sea Runners
Winter Brothers

Duncan, David James

River Teeth
The River Why*

Elton, Ben

This Other Eden*

Gloss, Molly

Wild Life

Gould, Steven and Mixon, Laura

Greenwar

Richard Grant

Rumors of Spring

Grisham, John

The Pelican Brief

Guterson, David

Snow Falling on Cedars*

Harrison, Jim

A Good Day to Die

Hiaasen, Carl

Native Tongue*
Tourist Season*

Hockenberry, John

A River Out of Eden

Kesey, Ken

Sometimes a Great Notion

Kingsolver, Barbara

The Poisonwood Bible*
Prodigal Summer*

Le Guin, Ursula

The Lathe of Heaven
The Word for World is Forest

Lesley, Craig

River Song
The Sky Fisherman*
Storm Riders
Winterkill

MacDonald, John D.

A Flash of Green

Maclean, Norman

A River Runs Through it and Other Stories

Peter Matthiessen

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Far Tortuga
Killing Mister Watson*

Munroe, Jim

Everyone in Silico

Neely, Barbara

Blanche Cleans Up

Nichols, John

The Magic Journey
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Nirvana Blues

Perry, Thomas

Death Benefits

Powers, Richard

Gain

Quinn, Daniel

Ishmael

Rathbone, Julian

Greenfinger

Robbins, Tom

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

Robinson, Kim Stanley

Green Mars

Russell, Mary Doria

The Sparrow

Silko, Leslie Marmon

Ceremony

Speart, Jessica

Bird Brained
Black Delta Night
Border Prey
Coastal Disturbance
Gator Aide
A Killing Season

Stegner, Wallace

Angle of Repose

Stephenson, Neal

Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller

Sterling, Bruce

Heavy Weather
Schismatrix

Watkins, Paul

Archangel

For Kids

Giono, Jean

The Man Who Planted Trees
- there's also an animated film by Frédéric Back and CBC/SRC.

Schweres, Michael

The Environment Angel and the Children from the Smoking Mountain
- recommended age group: 10 +
- Elefanten Press, ISBN #3-570-14624-3

Dr. Seuss

The Lorax

Udry, Janice May

A Tree is Nice

Viorst, Judith

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

Got suggestions for new books or feedback on this page? Please send to cmac@sej.org.


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