Jun 16, 2021 5 Good Books that Offer Perspective on Drought
Droughts have been pervasive throughout history inspiring many to write about this natural disaster. Librarian Allyson Mower has recommended these titles (both fiction and non-fiction) that feature themes and settings of droughts and how they affect us.
Virga & Bone by Craig Childs
Wonderful essays on life–both past and present–in an arid land.
Inland by Tea Obreht
The uncertainty of access to water really drives this book set in a historical drought in the West.
The Dry by Jane Harper
A very compelling murder mystery that gets intertwined with an exceptional drought taking place in a region in Australia.
Ministry for the Future by Kim Robinson
This cli-fi novel set in the near future opens up with an extreme heat wave and then follows the insidious monster that is climate change to explore the many ways it changes this society.
Basin & Range by John McPhee
Offers helpful and engaging perspective on the natural history of Utah and the intermountain west.
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