Rooted in the Forest

Celebrate all things green and growing! Try one of these books about forests, trees, and everything arboreal. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 10, 2026
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The girl in question
Sharpe, Tess
Paper Book
The unmissable, thrilling follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The Girls I've Been!   Four teens. Three henchmen. Two thousand acres of remote forest. One very bad man. And a whole lot of new secrets to unearth.  ...
The island of missing trees
Shafak, Elif
Paper Book
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. The taverna It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas,...
Lovely dark and deep
Bonnin, Elisa A.
Paper Book
From author Elisa A. Bonnin comes Lovely Dark and Deep, a YA dark academia novel exploring magic, loneliness, and the power of found family. "A truly thoughtful, engaging reflection on the dark academia genre." --BCCB, starred review Hidden off the...
The orchardist : a novel
Coplin, Amanda.
Paper Book
At once intimate and epic, The Orchardist is historical fiction at its best, in the grand literary tradition of William Faulkner, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Annie Proulx, and Toni Morrison. In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful...
The overstory
Powers, Richard
Paper Book
The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers's twelfth novel unfolds in concentric...
Seeing trees : discover the extraordinary secrets of everyday trees
Hugo, Nancy R.
Paper Book
Have you ever looked at a tree? That may sound like a silly question, but there is so much more to notice about a tree than first meets the eye. Seeing Trees celebrates seldom seen but easily observable tree traits and invites you to watch trees with the same care and sensitivity that...
Walking in the woods : go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku
Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
Paper Book
'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home...' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki 'Forest bathing' or shinrin-yoku is a way of walking in the woods that was developed in Japan in the 1980s. It brings together ancient ways and wisdom with cutting edge environmental health...
Temple of swoon
Segura, Jo
Paper Book
An instant USA Today Bestseller! A LibraryReads Pick! Her mission: find the Lost City of the Moon in the Amazon rainforest. His mission: protect the holy temple . . . and his heart. While her mentor may be the world's most badass...
The tree collectors : tales of arboreal obsession
Stewart, Amy
Paper Book
Fifty vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by their obsessive passion for trees--written and charmingly illustrated by the New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist "I love everything Amy Stewart has ever created, but...
Trees in trouble : wildfires, infestations, and climate change
Mathews, Daniel
Paper Book
A troubling story of the devastating and compounding effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers, park service scientists, burn boss, activists, and more.
The wild trees : a story of passion and daring
Preston, Richard
Paper Book
From the #1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone comes an amazing account of scientific and spiritual passion for the tallest trees in the world, the startling biosystem of Rthe canopy, S and those who are committed to the preservation of this astonishing and largely unknown world.

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