Lakeland Public Library discussion

For this week’s reading challenge, we’re encouraging you to read a book that focuses on conservation in some way. It’s a topic that can encompass any narrative that involves learning to live in harmony with our environment, or the havoc that’s caused when we upset the balance of nature. We’ve listed some suggestions to get you started.

Remember, any time spent reading for this challenge counts towards your goal of 5 to 10 hours of reading a week.


FICTION:


Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash


The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth Church


Barkskins by Annie Proulx


The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele


Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer


Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke


Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult


Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen


Open Season (#1 in the Joe Pickett series) by C.J. Box


Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood


The Overstory by Richard Powers


Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver


Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward


Sanibel Flats (#1 in the Doc Ford series) by Randy Wayne White


Shipped by Angie Hockman


The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert


Track of the Cat (#1 in the Anna Pigeon series) by Nevada Barr


We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler


Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens


Wildlands by Abby Geni


NON-FICTION:


Can I Recycle This?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-use Plastics by Jennie Romer & Christie Young


Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink by Jane Goodall


The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs by Alan H. Day


How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery


Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans by Charles Moore


Silent Spring by Rachel Carson


The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert


A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement by Ernest Freeberg


Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver


A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson


YA & KIDS:


Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben


The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan


The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi


Hoot by Carl Hiaasen


Flush by Carl Hiaasen


Scat by Carl Hiaasen


The Lorax by Dr. Seuss


Unstoppable by Adam Rex

Hi Susan,

I am not able to see the book list. Could you please te share it?

Aslihan wrote: "Hi Susan,

I am not able to see the book list. Could you please te share it?"

Aslihan,

I'm not sure why you can't see the list here. Everything looks OK on my end.

But you can also see it on our Summer Reading page on our website. Just look under the Week 3: Conservation Tales header, then under Conservation Tales Reading Challenge.

Let me know if that works for you. If not, we'll try Plan C. :)