The Natural World as a Character: Fiction with a Sense of Place
Explore fiction where the natural world becomes a vivid character. Discover books that masterfully blend place and story, immersing you in landscapes that shape narrative and emotion.
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The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
Spanning 40 years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of …
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Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three …
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The Loop
by Nicholas Evans
A conflict breaks out between cattle ranchers and government agents in Montana over the killing of wolves, a protected species. On the positive side this …
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Miranda's Vines
by Kimberly Kafka
Miranda Perry has risen to the top of San Francisco’s competitive culinary world, and investors are willing to help her launch her own restaurant, but …
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Mystic Sweet Communion
by Jane Kirkpatrick
Set in turn-of-the-century Florida, this frontier saga traces the life of Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, the first English-speaking teacher in the region, as she struggles to …
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Kindred
by Octavia Butler
Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.") From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable …
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Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the …