Eco-Fiction Reading List

"Get Your Green On @ your library" this summer by checking out these ecologically themed fiction titles: 

 

• Cape Perdido by Marcia Muller (MYS Muller)

When a South Carolina company wants to take water from Cape Perdido the town's residents protest.  Things get ugly and someone is killed.

• Dust by Charles Pellgrino (FIC Pellegrino)

A biological thriller with fungus gnats, bugs, & vicious mites eating their way up the food chain set in a world gone wild- all because of human misunderstanding.

•  A Friend of the Earth by T.C. Boyle (FIC Boyle)

Follows the adventures of an eco-terrorist whose efforts to save the planet place his own family at risk.

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (FIC Quinn)

A man & an ape conduct a series of conversations that ask the question-"Does the Earth belong to humans or do humans belong to the Earth?" 

• Mother Nature by Sarah Andrews (MYS Andrews)

Geologist Em Hansen digs into greed, deception, murder and other natural disasters.

• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (FIC Kingsolver)

A wildlife biologist's experiences make her away that humans are just a small part of the ecological balance.

•  Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen (FIC Hiaasen)

"Comic eco defense in Florida"

• Wish You Well by David Baldacci (FIC Baldacci)

Siblings battle the foces of industry to save the family farm.

• The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (FIC Atwood)

In a dystopic world "God's Gardeners' prepare for the prophesized flood that will wipe them all out.

 

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