Think Green

St. Patrick's Day is this weekend, but here are some other ways to "Think Green". Try these fiction novels with a "Green" and Eco-fiction theme.

Ecotopia: the notebooks and reports of William Weston by Ernest Callenbach
Investigative reporter William Weston crosses the Sierra Nevada mountains and enters Ecotopia, the first American to do so since the Ecotopian secession from the U.S. in 1980.

Anthill by Edward O. Wilson
Presents the adventures of Raff, a modern-day Huck Finn in Alabama, whose love of ants transforms his life and those around him as he fights condo developers intent on destroying an endangered tract of land.

Endangered Species: an Anna Pigeon mystery by Nevada Barr 
Park ranger Anna Pigeon investigates the crash of a drug-interdiction plane on an isolated Georgia island. Was it an accident or sabotage that downed the plane, killing both the pilot and his passenger? It's up to Anna and her crew to solve the mystery.

Lady of the Butterflies by Fiona Mountain
Scandalizing her seventeenth-century Puritan community with her scientific experiments with butterflies that are believed by others to be the souls of the dead, Eleanor Glanville pursues a passionate desire to find an all-consuming love and sense of self-worth.

Saints at the River by Ron Rash
Maggie Glenn, a newspaper photographer sent to cover an incident in her home town, becomes caught in the middle of the conflict between environmentalists, opening old wounds and forcing her to revisit a past she wanted to leave behind.

Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith
An internationally renowned ecologist embarks on a quest to stop the ivory trade in Africa and resorts to violent measures after his lifelong friend is murdered by poachers.