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Botanical worlds

Here we celebrate plants, their beauty, their passion, and their colourful interactions with human culture. The titles below feature various branches of fiction and non-fiction. These books are, for the most part, made of plants.

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  • Brave the Wild River

    the Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

    Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986-
    Catalogue the flora of the Grand Canyon. #nonfiction #adventure #history #biography
    Book, 2023New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] — 578.097913 Sev
  • Navigate an algal bloom. #literary fiction #magical realism #short-stories #lbgtqia+
    Book, 2022New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] — FIC Harl
  • Search for a rare plant. #self-discovery #literary #historical
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — FIC Pari
  • Braiding Sweetgrass

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall
    Hear what plants teach. #nonfiction #indigenous #essays #philosophy #botany #memoir
    Book, 2013Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013. — 305.897 Kim
  • Heal with gardens. #coping-with-grief #relationship-fiction #witty
    Book, 2017New York : Berkley, 2017. — Waxm
  • The Healing Garden

    Cultivating & Handcrafting Herbal Remedies

    Blankespoor, Juliet
    Learn herbalism. #nonfiction #gardening #natural remedies
    Book, 2022Boston ; New York : Mariner Books, 2022. — 615.321 Bla
  • Become an orchard?! #literary #satire
    Book, 2025Hub City Press 2025/09/05
  • Meditate with plants. #nonfiction #philosophy #japan #history
    Book, 2023Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2023] — 394.150952 Oka
  • Master a new language. #psychological-fiction #chosen family
    Book, 2011New York : Ballantine Books, c2011. — Diff
  • Douglas Fir

    the Story of the West's Most Remarkable Tree

    Arno, Stephen F.
    Meet your tallest neighbour. #nonfiction #natural history #science
    Book, 2020Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2020] — 634.9754 Arn
  • With plants, in pain and heartbreak. #historical #senegal #colonialism #slavery
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — FIC Diop
  • The Joy of Botanical Drawing

    a Step-by-step Guide to Drawing and Painting Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, and More

    Hollender, Wendy
    Experience their shapes and colours. #nonfiction #drawing #art
    Book, 2020California : Watson-Guptill, [2020] — 743.7 Hol
  • Guerilla gardening in the age of late capitalism. #eco-thriller #literary #mystery #satire #multilayered
    Book, 2023[Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, 2023. — FIC Catt
  • Dispersals

    on Plants, Borders, and Belonging

    Lee, Jessica J., 1986-
    Our lives, entangled with plants. #nonfiction #essays #nature #history #belonging
    Book, 2024Toronto, ON : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Canada 2024. — 814 Lee
  • Accompany two women, connected across time, in search of plants. #literary #lgbtqia+ #experimental
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — FIC Smit
  • The Drunken Botanist

    the Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

    Stewart, Amy
    Get tipsy with plants. #nonfiction #nature-writing #food-writing #witty
    Book, 2013Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013. — 581.632 Ste
  • Face the unknown. #scifi #horror #biology
    Book, 2014Toronto : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, c2014. — Vand
  • The Light Eaters

    How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

    Schlanger, Zoë
    Decode the mysteries of plants. #nonfiction #science #nature
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — 571.2 Sch