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on September 11, 2023

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Because I’ve written (or have found) quite a few lists of ecologically oriented fiction, I thought I’d finally compile them for readers wanting to know about some of the best eco-fiction stories. There’s always the big database, too, where you can search by author, title, audience, genre, and more.

My Lists

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  • Where Water and Fictions Meet. A list I wrote, originally for the Italian Magazine ZEST, that explores eight novels where water is key.
  • What Is Eco-fiction and Why it Matters. Some of my recommendations at Impakter.
  • What We’re Reading: Earth Day 2021. Rewilding Our Stories Discord’s faves.
  • Ecological Action Inspires Fiction at Ecology Action Centre, Nova Scotia. My look at a few Canadian authors in the genre.
  • Eco-fiction Books Coming in 2021. Just what it says.
  • Wilderness is a Necessity, Even in Fiction. My recommendations during the 2020 holidays at The Chicago Review of Books.
  • Part 1, Around the World in 80 Books. My Medium article. See Part II here.
  • My ongoing series Exploring World Eco-fiction, Climate Change and Beyond. This dates back to October 2016 in its earliest iteration when I was looking at climate change authors. In 2018 I extended this list to focus on more authors around the world rather than the narrower perspective that media was representing at the time.
  • Exploring the Ecological Weird. My three-part article at SFFWorld.com: Part I, Part II, Part III.

Other Lists

  • New: The best Canadian dystopian novels (that aren’t The Handmaid’s Tale) at Shepherd.
  • 10 Eco-fiction Novels Worth Celebrating at Tor.
  • The Lure of Lunarpunk, by Kenneth Silber at Splice Today
  • How Eco-fiction Became Realer than Realism, by Lynn Feeley at The Nation
  • The 21 Best Ecofiction Books by The Best Sci Fi Books
  • 15 Best Eco-fiction Novels by Elif the Reader
  • A Brief Guide to Ecofiction by BIPOC Authors, by Neha Patel at Book Riot
  • Five Classic SFF Novels about Environmental Disaster, by James Davis Nicoll at Tor.com
  • Nine Mysteries with Environment and Conservation Themes by Elisa Shoenberger at Book Riot
  • Ten Eco-Fiction Novels Worth Exploring by Nina Munteanu at Tor.com
  • How 19th Century Fairy Tales Expressed Anxieties about Ecological Devastation by Victoria Tedeschi at The Conversation
  • Nine Nature Novels to Get Lost in by Courtney Rodgers at Book Riot
  • Ten Compelling Eco Fiction Reads by Emily Stochl at Book Riot
  • Top 10 Books of Eco-fiction by Michael Christie at The Guardian
  • What Is Eco Fiction? These Books Imagine the Scary Future of Climate Change by Kristin Hunt at Green Matters
  • Ten Works of Environmental Literature from Around the World by Emily Stochl at Book Riot
  • 13 Eco-Fiction Novels to Read for Earth Month by Mind Joggle
  • Australian Fiction Is Already Challenging the Idea that Catastrophic Bushfire is Normal by Rachel Fetherston at The Guardian

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