Environmental Fiction Books: SEJ Members' Favorites and More

Here's a list of environmental fiction books SEJ members and others 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.

SEJ members: Do you have suggestions for new books or feedback on this page? Please send to cmac@sej.org.

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"

Doerr, Anthony
"Cloud Cuckoo Land"

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"

Grant, Richard
"Rumors of Spring"

Green, Gila
"No Entry" (Stormbird Press, 2019)

Grisham, John
"The Pelican Brief"

Groff, Lauren
"The Vaster Wilds"

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"

Matthiessen, Peter
"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"

North, Peter
"Corncrakes and Windmills"
"A Climate of Fear"
"Pay Dirt"

Perry, Thomas
"Death Benefits"

Powers, Richard
"Gain"
"The Overstay"

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"

Vonnegut, Kurt
"Galapagos" 

Watkins, Paul
"Archangel"

Kids Fiction (MG & YA Titles)

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

Knight, Mary
"Saving Wonder"

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"

Shusterman, Neal
"Dry"

Udry, Janice May
"A Tree is Nice"

Viorst, Judith
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney