Set on a Farm or Ranch

Get back to the land! Try one of these books with an agricultural setting or featuring farmers or ranchers at work. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 12, 2026
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Set on a Farm or Ranch

Get back to the land! Try one of these books with an agricultural setting or featuring farmers or ranchers at work. Plant a seed, read!

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Accidental shepherd : how a California girl rescued an ancient mountain farm in Norway
Greensfelder, Liese
Paper Book
A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm--and learns far more than how to herd sheep In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of Øystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who hired her for the...
Animal farm
Odyr
Paper Book
A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." In 1945, George Orwell, called "the conscience of his generation," created an enduring, devastating story of new tyranny...
Cash
Peterson, Jessica
Paper Book
'One of the best cowboy romances I've ever read!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you're looking for your next cowboy romance, look no further. Jessica has set us up with a family of sexy cowboys, and Cash has me feral!' Reader...
Cold Comfort Farm
Gibbons, Stella
Paper Book
When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders- cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and...
Daddy's girls : a novel
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In Danielle Steel's riveting novel, three women raised by their father on a sprawling California ranch now confront difficult truths about their past.   Decades ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three...
Dangerous refuge
Lowell, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Murder and mystery spark unexpected romance in this captivating new tale from the beloved New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell. On the surface Shaye Townsend has little in common with Tanner. He's a hard-edged big city cop come home to the historic Davis family...
The excellent Lombards
Hamilton, Jane
Paper Book
A new classic from the author of Oprah's Book Club picks A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth. "This is the book Jane Hamilton was born to write... [it is] magnificent." --Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of...
The farm stand
Clipston, Amy
Paper Book
Salina is engaged to the "perfect" man--except for the fact that Josiah feels more like a friend than a fiancé. In this second installment of Amy Clipston's Amish Marketplace series, love begins to grow between Salina and Will, a Mennonite chef--and both must decide if it's a love...
The farmer's son : calving season on a family farm
Connell, John
Paper Book
For fans of James Herriot, a poignant memoir--and #1 Irish bestseller--about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in...
Farming the woods : an integrated permaculture approach to growing food and medicinals in temperate forests
Mudge, Ken
Paper Book
The first in-depth guide for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland and are looking for productive, innovative ways to create a natural forest ecosystems that produces a wide range of food, medicinals, and other non-timber products. "What a joy to...
Freedom farm
Neves, Jennifer
Paper Book
Being born the daughter of surgeons does not make you a surgeon, but what about being the daughter of a farmer? What happens when childhood and on-the-job training are one in the same?
Funny farm : my unexpected life with 600 rescue animals
Zaleski, Laurie
Paper Book
An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie's dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a...
The gun man Jackson Swagger : a western
Hunter, Stephen
Paper Book
Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, "a true master at the pinnacle of his craft" (Jack Carr), returns with a classic Western--gunfights, horses, saloons, and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroad--about a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous ranch....
Indigo heaven
Warren, Mark
Paper Book
Clayton Jane, a war-weary ex-Confederate from Georgia, heads west to Wyoming, where he reconstructs his life as a ranch foreman and right-hand man for an English cattle baron. When the Englishman's sister, a promising Surrey painter, visits along with her husband and young son, the ranch hands soon...
Japanese farm food
Hachisu, Nancy Singleton
Paper Book
Japanese Farm Food, now available in paperback, offers a unique look into life on a Japanese farm through 165 simple, clear-flavored recipes along with personal stories and over 350 stunning photographs. It is a book about love, community, and life in rural Japan. ...
Love is a war song
Nava, Danica
Paper Book
Their love is the song of the summer. 'A sharp, funny, and deliciously slow-burning romance . . . Love is a War Song is the book of the summer!' LYLA SAGE 'A swoony love story . . . It's a must read for all romance book lovers' HANNAH GRACE
The new farm : contemporary rural architecture
Gregory, Daniel Platt
Paper Book
Recent generations of farmers have reinvented the family farm and its traditions, embracing organic practices and sustainability and, along with them, a bold new use of modern architecture. The New Farm profiles sixteen contemporary farms around the globe, accompanied by plans and colorful...
Properties of thirst : a novel
Wiggins, Marianne
Paper Book
A National Bestseller | A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a "big, bold book" (...
Sacrificial animals
Pedersen, Kailee
Paper Book
When their father calls them to tell them he is dying, Nick and Joshua rush back to their Nebraskan childhood home, Stag's Crossing, hoping for a deathbed reconciliation with the man who raised them. But their return sparks memories of their childhood, and their father--Carlyle--a ruthless, violent...
The shepherd's life : modern dispatches from an ancient landscape
Rebanks, James.
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerSome people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. In evocative and lucid prose, he takes us through a shepherd's year - describing a way of life hasn't changed for hundreds of years and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have...
This life is in your hands : one dream, sixty acres, and a family undone
Coleman, Melissa.
Paper Book
"Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn't just tell the story of her family's brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history....
This promised land
Gohlke, Cathy
Paper Book
When she ran away as a young war bride, she was cut off from her family forever . . . or so she believed. Decades later, maybe the only way to move on is to go home. Ginny Pickering Boyden can't wait for her last day of work, when she'll be free to pursue a lifelong ambition through...
A thousand acres : a novel
Smiley, Jane.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear (The New York Times Book Review) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride--and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to...
Vampires of El Norte
Cañas, Isabel
Paper Book
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda. Nena knows a thing or two about monsters--as the daughter of a rancher in Mexico, her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from...
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