The Best Books About Forests & Forestry
“What are the best books about Forests and Forestry?” We looked at 235 of the top Forestry books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
This list isn’t too different from our post about the best Tree Books, but where that one focused more on trees as individuals, this one focuses more on forests and forestry as a whole (with some fiction mixed in), also several about just trees as individuals as well (we like trees, whatever!). The top 18 books, all appearing on 2 or more lists, are below with images, descriptions, and links. The remaining 200+ books, as well as the articles we used, are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Top 18 Forest & Forestry Books
18 .) Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests by Joan Maloof
Lists It Appears On:
- Old Growth Forest Network
- Goodreads
A natural history primer packed with travel ideas, this tour of 26 old-growth forests—one in each state east of the Mississippi River and all open to the public—aims to dispel the misconception that these forests are located only on the west coast. With intelligence and lyricism, the book highlights the adventure in getting to each forest and what visitors will find when they arrive. From giant hemlock groves in Pennsylvania to a lonely stand of pines in Wisconsin, each journey provides face-to-face experiences with forests containing majestic trees and a rich diversity of life. As an impassioned plea to preserve and support the few untouched stretches of forest that remain, the discussion touches upon the perseverance of these locations despite modern development, as well as the vital link between old-growth forests and humanity’s own survival.
17 .) Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest by Elliott A. Norse
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 3
Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest provides a global context for what is happening in the Pacific Northwest, analyzing the remaining ancient forest and the threats to it from atmospheric changes and logging. It shows how human tampering affects an ecosystem, and how the Pacific Northwest could become a model for sustainable forestry worldwide.
16 .) Arboriculture: Integrated Management of Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines by Richard W. Harris
Lists It Appears On:
- Thought Co.
- Goodreads
For Landscape Horticulture, Arboriculture, Urban Forestry, and Landscape Architecture courses at the undergraduate level. Regarded by many as an irreplaceable reference tool, this comprehensive, analytic, and logically organized guide describes current and new woody landscape plant selection and maintenance practices and evaluates them based on the most recent research and experience.
15 .) Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
Lists It Appears On:
- BookRenter
- Goodreads
Phillip Connors is a major new voice in American nonfiction, and his remarkable debut, Fire Season, is destined to become a modern classic. An absorbing chronicle of the days and nights of one of the last fire lookouts in the American West, Fire Season is a marvel of a book, as rugged and soulful as Matthew Crawford’s bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, and it immediately places Connors in the august company of Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Aldo Leopold, Barry Lopez, and others in the respected fraternity of hard-boiled nature writers.
14 .) Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England by Tom Wessels
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads 2
- Goodreads 3
An intrepid sleuth and articulate tutor, Wessels teaches us to read a landscape the way we might solve a mystery. What exactly is the meaning of all those stone walls in the middle of the forest? Why do beech and birch trees have smooth bark when the bark of all other northern species is rough? How do you tell the age of a beaver pond and determine if beavers still live there? Why are pine trees dominant in one patch of forest and maples in another? What happened to the American chestnut? Turn to this book for the answers, and no walk in the woods will ever be the same.
13 .) The Fate of the Forest by Alexander Cockburn
Lists It Appears On:
- Forestry Degree
- Goodreads
“The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet’s remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil’s military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market in carbon credits raises the value of standing forest.
Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn show in compelling detail the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks to both the social movements, and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying—and saving—this vast forested region, The Fate of the Forest pivots on the murder of Chico Mendes, the legendary labor and environmental organizer assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers. A multifaceted portrait of Eden under siege, complete with a new preface and afterword by the authors, this book demonstrates that those who would hold a mirror up to nature must first learn the lessons offered by some of their own people.”
12 .) The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 2
“In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature’s path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.
Each of this book’s short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions-of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home.”
11 .) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Lists It Appears On:
- Tor
- Goodreads 2
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
10 .) The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Lists It Appears On:
- Tor
- Goodreads 2
The Magic Faraway Tree is the second story in the Faraway Tree series by the world’s best-loved children’s author, Enid Blyton. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. And when they discover the Faraway Tree, it proves to be the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Come on an amazing adventure – there’ll be adventures waiting whatever happens. Enid Blyton’s funny, magical adventure stories have become true classics, loved by millions and still selling thousands of copies every year.
9 .) The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live & Why They Matter by Colin Tudge
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 3
“There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field.
From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the world—throughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europe—bringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. He considers the pitfalls of being tall; the things that trees produce, from nuts and rubber to wood; and even the complicated debt that we as humans owe them.
Tudge takes us to the Amazon in flood, when the water is deep enough to submerge the forest entirely and fish feed on fruit while river dolphins race through the canopy. He explains the “memory” of a tree: how those that have been shaken by wind grow thicker and sturdier, while those attacked by pests grow smaller leaves the following year; and reveals how it is that the same trees found in the United States are also native to China (but not Europe).
From tiny saplings to centuries-old redwoods and desert palms, from the backyards of the American heartland to the rain forests of the Amazon and the bamboo forests, Colin Tudge takes the reader on a journey through history and illuminates our ever-present but often ignored companions. A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.”
8 .) The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Lists It Appears On:
- Tor
- Goodreads 2
“The Word for World is Forest
When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters.
Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.”
7 .) Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads 2
- The Guardian
A reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.
6 .) Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Lists It Appears On:
- The Guardian
- Goodreads 2
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him ‘Wild Thing’ and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max’s room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.
5 .) Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger Deakin
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 3
Roger Deakin’s Wildwood is a much loved classic of nature writing Wildwood is about the element wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man’s profound and enduring connection with wood and with trees. Meeting woodlanders of all kinds, he lives in shacks and cabins, travels in search of the wild apple groves of Kazakhstan, goes coppicing in Suffolk, swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc, and hunts bush plums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Perfect for fans of Robert Macfarlane and Colin Tudge, Roger Deakin’s unmatched exploration of our relationship with trees is autobiography, history, traveller’s tale and incisive work in natural history. It will take you into the heart of the woods, where we go ‘to grow, learn and change’ ‘Enthralling’ Will Self, New Statesman ‘Extraordinary . . . some of the finest naturalist writing for many years’ Independent ‘Masterful, fascinating, excellent’ Guardian ‘An excellent read – lyrical and literate and full of social and historical insights of all kinds’ Colin Tudge, Financial Times ‘Enchanting, very funny, every page carries a fascinating nugget. Should serve to make us appreciate more keenly all that we have here on earth . . . one of the greatest of all nature writers’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday ‘Breathtaking, vividly written . . . reading Wildwood is an elegiac experience’ Sunday Times Roger Deakin, who died in August 2006, shortly after completing the manuscript for Wildwood, was a writer, broadcaster and film-maker with a particular interest in nature and the environment. He lived for many years in Suffolk, where he swam regularly in his moat, in the river Waveney and in the sea, in between travelling widely through the landscapes he writes about in Wildwood. He is the author of Waterlog, Wildwood and Notes from Walnut Tree Farm.
4 .) Forest Measurements by Thomas Eugene Avery
Lists It Appears On:
- Forestry Degree
- Goodreads
- BookRenter
“Continuing a tradition of excellence spanning over forty years, the Fifth Edition of Forest Measurements supplies forestry students at all levels with the concepts and methods they need for future success. The authors present timber measurement techniques applicable to any tree inventory regardless of management objectives. Assuming only some background in algebra and plane trigonometry, basic statistical concepts are included, ensuring that even introductory students benefit from the book’s concise explanations. Thorough coverage of sampling designs, land measurements, tree measurements, forest inventory field methods, and growth projections ensures utility for foresters throughout their education and beyond. Chapters on aerial photographs and GIS introduce readers to these powerful measurement tools, and the concluding chapter expands the techniques discussed to encompass other natural resources such as rangelands, wildlife, and water.
Exceptionally readable and clear, the book includes many photographs and illustrations, numerous numerical examples, and a bibliography to enhance the reader’s understanding of the material.”
3 .) Harlow and Harrar’s Textbook of Dendrology by James W. Hardin
Lists It Appears On:
- Sedelmeier
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 3
After nearly 60 years, with descriptions of more than 270 species and almost 200 illustrations, Textbook of Dendrology continues to remain a top resource for taxonomic and silvicultural information on North American trees. In this new edition, material throughout the text has been updated and expanded to provide current information on tree sizes, damaging diseases and insect pest, economic uses, and silvics. Because of growing concern for the environment, it is even more necessary for students to know and understand the importance of conservation. Many of these issues are incorporated throughout the book.
2 .) American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation by Eric Rutkow
Lists It Appears On:
- Thought Co.
- Conservation International
- Goodreads 2
- Goodreads 3
“Among American Canopy’s many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists gathered to plot rebellion against the British; Henry David Thoreau’s famous retreat into the woods; the creation of New York City’s Central Park; the great fire of 1871 that killed a thousand people in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin; the fevered attempts to save the American chestnut and the American elm from extinction; and the controversy over spotted owls and the old-growth forests they inhabited. Rutkow also explains how trees were of deep interest to such figures as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, who oversaw the planting of some three billion trees nationally in his time as president.
Never before has anyone treated our country’s trees and forests as the subject of a broad historical study, and the result is an accessible, informative, and thoroughly entertaining read. Audacious in its four-hundred-year scope, authoritative in its detail, and elegant in its execution, American Canopy is perfect for history buffs and nature lovers alike and announces Eric Rutkow as a major new author of popular history.”
1 .) The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston
Lists It Appears On:
- Forestry Degree
- Goodreads
- Goodreads 2
- Goodreads 3
“Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched fragments that remain are among the great wonders of nature. The biggest redwoods have trunks up to thirty feet wide and can rise more than thirty-five stories above the ground, forming cathedral-like structures in the air. Until recently, redwoods were thought to be virtually impossible to ascend, and the canopy at the tops of these majestic trees was undiscovered. In The Wild Trees, Richard Preston unfolds the spellbinding story of Steve Sillett, Marie Antoine, and the tiny group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists that found a lost world above California, a world that is dangerous, hauntingly beautiful, and unexplored.
The canopy voyagers are young–just college students when they start their quest–and they share a passion for these trees, persevering in spite of sometimes crushing personal obstacles and failings. They take big risks, they ignore common wisdom (such as the notion that there’s nothing left to discover in North America), and they even make love in hammocks stretched between branches three hundred feet in the air.
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The Additional Best Forest Books
| # | Books | Author | Lists |
| (Books Appear On 1 List each) | |||
| 19 | A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization | John Perlin | Goodreads 2 |
| 20 | A Forest of Corpses (Geography of Murder, #2) | P.A. Brown | Goodreads 2 |
| 21 | A Girl of the Limberlost (Limberlost, #2) | Gene Stratton-Porter | Goodreads 2 |
| 22 | A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker | Robert McFarlane | Goodreads |
| 23 | A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail | Bill Bryson | Goodreads 2 |
| 24 | After the Fires: The Ecology of Change in Yellowstone National Park | Wallace, Linda L. | BookRenter |
| 25 | America’s Ancient Forests: From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery | Sedelmeier | |
| 26 | As Long as the Rivers Flow | Larry Loyie | Goodreads 2 |
| 27 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | The Guardian |
| 28 | Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden | Stella Otto | Goodreads |
| 29 | Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast | Michael Wojtech | Goodreads 3 |
| 30 | Barkskins | Annie Proulx | Goodreads |
| 31 | Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem | Gene E. Likens | Goodreads |
| 32 | Blood of the Earth (Soulwood, #1) | Faith Hunter | Goodreads 2 |
| 33 | Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel’s Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families | Thomas J. Elpel | Goodreads |
| 34 | Brendon Chase | BB | The Guardian |
| 35 | Buried Thunder | Tim Bowler | Goodreads 2 |
| 36 | Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens | Thought Co. | |
| 37 | Conifer Country | Michael Edward Kauffmann | Goodreads 3 |
| 38 | Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) | Juliet Marillier | Goodreads 2 |
| 39 | David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work: An Illustrated Exploration Across Two Centuries in the Pacific Northwest | Jack Nisbet | Goodreads |
| 40 | Death from the Woods | Brigitte Aubert | Goodreads 2 |
| 41 | Dirr’s Trees and Shrubs – an Illustrated Encyclopedia | Thought Co. | |
| 42 | Diseases of Pacific Coast Conifers | The United States of America | Goodreads 3 |
| 43 | Early Days In Algonquin Park | Ottelyn Addison | Goodreads |
| 44 | Earthly Goods: Medicine Hunting In The Rainforest | Christopher Joyce | Goodreads 2 |
| 45 | Eastern Deciduous Forest, Second Edition | Richard H. Yahner | Forestry Degree |
| 46 | Eating Dirt | Charlotte Gill | Goodreads |
| 47 | Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture | Dave Jacke | Goodreads |
| 48 | Environmental Science | G. Tyler Miller & Scott Spoolmans. | Forestry Degree |
| 49 | Essentials of Conservation Biology, Sixth Edition | Richard B. Primacks. | Forestry Degree |
| 50 | Exploring Southern Appalachian Forests: An Ecological Guide to 30 Great Hikes in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia | Stephanie B. Jeffries | Goodreads 2 |
| 51 | Faerie Tale | Raymond E. Feist | Goodreads |
| 52 | Fall Walk | Virginia Brimhall Snow | Goodreads |
| 53 | Fawn in the Forest (Animal Ark, #21) | Ben M. Baglio | Goodreads 2 |
| 54 | Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests: Explore Anicient Forest Ecosystems from California to the Pacific Northwest | Sedelmeier | |
| 55 | Forest Ecology | Burton V. Barnes, Donald R. Zak, Shirley R. Denton & Stephen H. Spurrs. | Forestry Degree |
| 56 | Forest Ecology, 3rd Edition | James P. Kimmins | Forestry Degree |
| 57 | Forest Ecosystems | David A. Perry, Ram Oren & Stephen C. Hart | Forestry Degree |
| 58 | Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape | Tom Wessels | Goodreads 3 |
| 59 | Forest Management for All: State and Private Forestry | Lincoln Bramwell | Forest History |
| 60 | Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest | Chris Maser | Goodreads |
| 61 | Forest Service Research: Finding Answers to Conservation’s Questions | Harold K. Steen | Forest History |
| 62 | Forests and Forestry in the American States: A Reference Anthology | Ralph R. Widner | Goodreads |
| 63 | Forests in a Full World | George M. Woodwell | BookRenter |
| 64 | Forests of the Heart (Newford, #7) | Charles de Lint | Goodreads 2 |
| 65 | Forests: A Naturalist’s Guide to Woodland Trees | Sedelmeier | |
| 66 | Forgotten Places (Coming in 2017) | Johanna Craven | Goodreads 2 |
| 67 | Foster Fox (A 10,000 Lakes Tale) | William D. Writer | Goodreads 2 |
| 68 | Freckles (Limberlost #1) | Gene Stratton-Porter | Goodreads 2 |
| 69 | Gathering the Desert | Gary Paul Nabhan | Goodreads |
| 70 | Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot | Peter Crane | Goodreads 3 |
| 71 | GIS Methodologies for Developing Conservation Strategies: Tropical Forest Recovery and Wildlife Management in Costa Rica | Basil G. Savitsky; Thomas E. Lacher Jr | Questia |
| 72 | Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica | William Allen | Questia |
| 73 | Hexwood | Diana Wynne Jones | Goodreads 2 |
| 74 | Hiking North Carolina’s National Forests: 50 Can’t-Miss Trail Adventures in the Pisgah, Nantahala, Uwharrie, and Croatan National Forests | Johnny Molloy | Goodreads 2 |
| 75 | Hollow Tree House | Enid Blyton | Goodreads 2 |
| 76 | Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests | John G. Robinson; Elizabeth L. Bennett | Questia |
| 77 | I-Spy Trees | The Guardian | |
| 78 | Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World | Katherine Hannigan | Goodreads 2 |
| 79 | In a Dark Wood (In a Dark Wood, #1) | Josh Lanyon | Goodreads 2 |
| 80 | In the Forest | Edna O’Brien | Goodreads 2 |
| 81 | In the Forests of Serre | Patricia A. McKillip | Goodreads 2 |
| 82 | In the Shadow of the Banyan | Vaddey Ratner | Conservation International |
| 83 | In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) | Tana French | Goodreads 2 |
| 84 | Into That Forest | Louis Nowra | Goodreads 2 |
| 85 | Into the Forest | Jean Hegland | Goodreads 2 |
| 86 | Into the Woods | M.L. Rhodes | Goodreads 2 |
| 87 | Jack Ward Thomas: The Journals of a Forest Service Chief | Harold K. Steen | Forest History |
| 88 | Johnny Appleseed | Reeve Lindbergh | Goodreads 2 |
| 89 | La forêt de Miyori (1) | Hideji Oda | Goodreads 2 |
| 90 | Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Goodreads 2 |
| 91 | Living in the Environment | G. Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolmans. | Forestry Degree |
| 92 | Local Struggles over Rain-Forest Conservation in Alaska and Amazonia | Whitesell, Edward A | Questia |
| 93 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Goodreads 2 |
| 94 | My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story | Brendan McDonough | Goodreads |
| 95 | Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1) | Robert Holdstock | Goodreads 2 |
| 96 | National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees | Thought Co. | |
| 97 | Native Trees for North American Landscapes | Thought Co. | |
| 98 | Nature’s Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests | Old Growth Forest Network | |
| 99 | Ndura. Son of the forest. | Javier Salazar Calle | Goodreads 2 |
| 100 | Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami | Goodreads 2 |
| 101 | Notes from Walnut Tree Farm | Roger Deakin | The Guardian |
| 102 | Old Growth in the East: A Survey | Old Growth Forest Network | |
| 103 | Ontario Forests: An Historical Perspective | Kenneth A. Armson | Goodreads |
| 104 | Ontario’s Old Growth Forests | Michael Henry | Goodreads |
| 105 | Opportunities in Forestry Careers | Thought Co. | |
| 106 | Our Priceless Heritage: Pennsylvania State Parks, 1893-1993 | Dan Cupper | Goodreads |
| 107 | Out of the Woods (Tarin’s World, #1) | Syd McGinley | Goodreads 2 |
| 108 | Peterson First Guide(R) to Forests (Peterson First Guides) | John C. Kricher, Roger Tory Peterson | BookRenter |
| 109 | Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy, and Community Development | James C. Schwab | Goodreads |
| 110 | Plantation Silviculture in Europe | Peter Savill, Julian Evans, Daniel Auclair, Jan Falck | BookRenter |
| 111 | Population Dynamics of a Philippine Rain Forest People: The San Ildefonso Agta | John D. Early; Thomas N. Headland | Questia |
| 112 | Prodigal Summer | Barbara Kingsolver | Goodreads 2 |
| 113 | Rascal | Sterling North | Goodreads 2 |
| 114 | Redwood: A Guide to Redwood National and State Parks, California: A Guide to Redwood National and State Parks, California | National Park Service | Goodreads 3 |
| 115 | Redwoods | Jason Chin | Goodreads |
| 116 | Reforming the Forest Service | Randal O’Toole | Goodreads |
| 117 | Robin Hood | Tor | |
| 118 | Sacrificing the Forest: Environmental and Social Struggles in Chiapas | Karen L. O’Brien | Questia |
| 119 | Seeds of Hope | Jane Goodalls. | Forestry Degree |
| 120 | Shanleya’s Quest: A Botany Adventure for Kids Ages 9 to 99 | Thomas J. Elpel | Goodreads |
| 121 | Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) | Maggie Stiefvater | Goodreads 2 |
| 122 | Sierra Nevada Natural History | Tracy I. Storer | Goodreads 3 |
| 123 | Soil Ecology in Northern Forests: A Belowground View of a Changing World | Martin Lukac, Douglas L. Godbold | BookRenter |
| 124 | Solstice Wood (Winter Rose, #2) | Patricia A. McKillip | Goodreads 2 |
| 125 | Song of the Trees (Logans #3) | Mildred D. Taylor | Goodreads 2 |
| 126 | Stalking the Wild Asparagus | Euell Gibbons | Goodreads |
| 127 | State of Wonder | Ann Patchett | Conservation International |
| 128 | Stopping | Woods on a Snowy Evening | Goodreads 2 |
| 129 | Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo | Eric Hansen | Goodreads 3 |
| 130 | Sunflower Forest | Torey L. Hayden | Goodreads 2 |
| 131 | Swan in the Swim (Animal Ark, #23) | Lucy Daniels | Goodreads 2 |
| 132 | Taylor’s Guides to Trees | Norman Taylor | Goodreads 3 |
| 133 | Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest | Old Growth Forest Network | |
| 134 | Temagami: A Debate on Wilderness | Matt Bray | Goodreads |
| 135 | The Babes in the Wood (Inspector Wexford, #19) | Ruth Rendell | Goodreads 2 |
| 136 | The Birchbark House | Louise Erdrich | Goodreads 2 |
| 137 | The Book of Forest and Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern North America | Sedelmeier | |
| 138 | The Book of Lost Things | John Connolly | Goodreads 2 |
| 139 | The Book of Swamp and Bog: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater Wetlands | Sedelmeier | |
| 140 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Goodreads 2 |
| 141 | The Chiefs Remember: The Forest Service 1952 – 2001 | Harold K. Steen | Forest History |
| 142 | The Choiring of the Trees | Donald Harington | Goodreads 2 |
| 143 | The Christmas Tree | Julie Salamon | Goodreads 2 |
| 144 | The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness | Peter Matthiessen | Goodreads 2 |
| 145 | The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales | Jacob Grimm | Goodreads 2 |
| 146 | The Complete Fairy Tales | Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (translated | The Guardian |
| 147 | The Conservation Diaries of Gifford Pinchot | Harold K. Steen | Forest History |
| 148 | The Cutting Edge: Conserving Wildlife in Logged Tropical Forests | Robert A. Fimbel; Alejandro Grajal; John G. Robinson | Questia |
| 149 | The Dictionary of Forestry | Sedelmeier | |
| 150 | The Equitable Forest: “Diversity, Community, and Resource Management” | Carol J. Pierce Colfer | Goodreads |
| 151 | The Fig Orchard | Layla Fiske | Goodreads 2 |
| 152 | The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood | Elspeth Huxley | Goodreads 2 |
| 153 | The Folk of the Faraway Tree (The Faraway Tree, #3) | Enid Blyton | Goodreads 2 |
| 154 | The Forest | Peter Farb | Goodreads |
| 155 | The Forest and the Trees: A Guide To Excellent Forestry | Gordon Robinson | Goodreads |
| 156 | The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1) | Carrie Ryan | Goodreads 2 |
| 157 | The Forest of Hours | Kerstin Ekman | Goodreads 2 |
| 158 | The Forest People | Colin M. Turnbull | Goodreads 2 |
| 159 | The Forest Service and The Greatest Good: A Centennial History | James G. Lewis | Forest History |
| 160 | The Fragmented Forest: Island Biogeography Theory and the Preservation of Biotic Diversity | Larry D. Harris | Goodreads 3 |
| 161 | The Genius of Birds | Jennifer Ackerman | Goodreads |
| 162 | The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | Terri Windling | Goodreads 2 |
| 163 | The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #14) | Ellis Peters | Goodreads 2 |
| 164 | The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem | Jon R. Luoma | Goodreads |
| 165 | The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World | Peter Wohlleben | Goodreads |
| 166 | The Hideout | Peg Kehret | Goodreads 2 |
| 167 | The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees | Chuck a. Ingels | Goodreads |
| 168 | The Inverted Forest | John Dalton | Goodreads 2 |
| 169 | The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling | Tor |
| 170 | The Last Child in the Woods | Richard Louv | Conservation International |
| 171 | The Last Town on Earth | Thomas Mullen | Goodreads 2 |
| 172 | The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada | John Muir Laws | Goodreads 3 |
| 173 | The Legacy of Penn’s Woods: A History of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry | Lester A. Decoster | Goodreads |
| 174 | The Little Fir Tree | Margaret Wise Brown | Goodreads 2 |
| 175 | The Lorax | Dr. Seuss | Tor |
| 176 | The Maya Tropical Forest: People, Parks, & Ancient Cities | James D. Nations | Questia |
| 177 | The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest | Mollie Katzen | Goodreads 2 |
| 178 | The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2) | Robin Jarvis | Goodreads 2 |
| 179 | The Orchard Keeper | Cormac McCarthy | Goodreads 2 |
| 180 | The Orchard on Fire | Shena Mackay | Goodreads 2 |
| 181 | The Orchard: A Memoir | Theresa Weir | Goodreads 2 |
| 182 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Goodreads 2 |
| 183 | The Real Boy | Anne Ursu | Goodreads 2 |
| 184 | The Red Tree | Caitlín R. Kiernan | Goodreads 2 |
| 185 | The Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) | Richard Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Jeffrey R. Walters | BookRenter |
| 186 | The Redesigned Forest | Chris Maser | Goodreads |
| 187 | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Guardian |
| 188 | The Secret of Blackjack Woods | Ashlen Brown | Goodreads 2 |
| 189 | The Selfish Giant | Oscar Wilde | Goodreads 2 |
| 190 | The Sibley Guide to Trees | David Allen Sibley | Forestry Degree |
| 191 | The Tale of Three Trees | Angela Elwell Hunt | Goodreads 2 |
| 192 | The Tree | John Fowles | Goodreads |
| 193 | The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter (Faire Folk Trilogy #1) | Gillian Summers | Goodreads 2 |
| 194 | The Trees | Conrad Richter | Goodreads 2 |
| 195 | The Trees in My Forest | Bernd Heinrich | Goodreads 3 |
| 196 | The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History | Thor Hanson | Goodreads |
| 197 | The U.S. Forest Service: A History | Harold K. Steen | Forest History |
| 198 | The Urban Green Man | Adria Laycraft | Goodreads 2 |
| 199 | The Urban Tree Book | Thought Co. | |
| 200 | The Way Through The Woods (Inspector Morse, #10) | Colin Dexter | Goodreads 2 |
| 201 | The Weight of Silence | Heather Gudenkauf | Goodreads 2 |
| 202 | The Wild Wood (Brian Froud’s Faerielands, #1) | Charles de Lint | Goodreads 2 |
| 203 | The Wood Boy / The Burning Man | Raymond E. Feist | Goodreads 2 |
| 204 | The Wood of Suicides | Laura Elizabeth Woollett | Goodreads 2 |
| 205 | The Woodland Steward: A Practical Guide to the Management of Small Forests | Thought Co. | |
| 206 | The Woodlanders | Thomas Hardy | Goodreads 2 |
| 207 | The Woods | Harlan Coben | Goodreads 2 |
| 208 | The World Without Us | Alan Weisman | Conservation International |
| 209 | the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor | Goodreads | |
| 210 | They Came to a River | Allis McKay | Goodreads 2 |
| 211 | Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition | Jim Furnish | Goodreads |
| 212 | Treecology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Trees and Forests | Monica Russo | Goodreads 2 |
| 213 | Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest | Mark Turner | Goodreads 3 |
| 214 | Trees in Focus | Marina Silva | Goodreads 3 |
| 215 | Trees to Know in Oregon | Edward C. Jensen | Goodreads 3 |
| 216 | Trees: Their Natural History | Thought Co. | |
| 217 | Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island | Egbert Giles Leigh Jr | Questia |
| 218 | Tropical Rainforests | Chris C. Park | Questia |
| 219 | Uncertainty, Humility, and Adaptation in the Tropical Forest: The Agricultural Augury of the Kantu’ | Dove, Michael R | Questia |
| 220 | Under Milk Wood | Dylan Thomas | Goodreads 2 |
| 221 | Under the Greenwood Tree | Thomas Hardy | Goodreads 2 |
| 222 | Understories | Tim Horvath | Goodreads |
| 223 | Up the Faraway Tree (The Faraway Tree, #4) | Enid Blyton | Goodreads 2 |
| 224 | Vanishing Halo: Saving the Boreal Forest | Daniel Gawthrop | Goodreads 3 |
| 225 | View From the Top: Forest Service Research | R. Keith Arnold, Murlyn B. Dickerman, and Robert E. Buckman | Forest History |
| 226 | Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon | Gomercindo Rodrigues | BookRenter |
| 227 | Walking the Tree | Kaaron Warren | Tor |
| 228 | Wars in the Woods: The Rise of Ecological Forestry in America | Samuel P. Hays | Goodreads |
| 229 | Western Forests | Stephen Whitney | Goodreads 3 |
| 230 | White Waters and Black | Gordon MacCreagh | Conservation International |
| 231 | Why Wilderness: A Report On Mismanagement In Lake Superior Provincial Park | Bruce M. Litteljohn | Goodreads |
| 232 | Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1) | Juliet Marillier | Goodreads 2 |
| 233 | Wood | Andy Goldsworthy | The Guardian |
| 234 | Woodlands | Oliver Rackham | The Guardian |
| 235 | Zahrah the Windseeker | Nnedi Okorafor | Goodreads 2 |
13 Best Forestry Book Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| BookRenter | Forests & Forestry |
| Conservation International | Your forest reading list: 6 must-read books about trees |
| Forest History | U.S. Forest Service History Books |
| Forestry Degree | Our Top 12 Books on Forest Conservation |
| Goodreads | Popular Forestry Books |
| Goodreads 2 | forests, woods, copses, coppices, arbors, orchards |
| Goodreads 3 | Popular Dendrology Books |
| Old Growth Forest Network | Books |
| Questia | Tropical Forests: Selected full-text books and articles |
| Sedelmeier | Dendrology and Forestry Books |
| The Guardian | Sara Maitland’s top 10 books of the forest |
| Thought Co. | 10 Best Tree and Forestry Reference Books and Guides |
| Tor | 8 Great Forest-y Books of the Fantastic |
