every body is a body of water
books that engage with water as a way to explore migration, multispecies kinship, race, capitalism, transatlantic slavery, and more. stories that take place in, on, or around the water. coastlines, swamps, rivers, maritime histories, and the oceanic.
created by hibiscus299
last updated April, 2026
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Hello hibiscus! đđ» Please include if any of the following match the list requirements, thank you! đŒ
- There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
- The River We Remember by William Kent Kreuger
- The River Has Roots by Amal-El-Mohtar
- The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
ooh thanks for these recommendations @mongoose! iâll look into these titles
Added There Are Rivers in the Sky, thank you! Sounds like a great read, also adding it to my personal queue :)
ooh I love this! The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh would be a great addition to this list in my opinionđ
so obsessed with this! the niche/theme and book selection are bothđđœđ
thanks so much, i really appreciate it!
This might be my favorite list title I've seen yet. Great selection!
ikr! what a great list friend!!!
ahh thank you so much!!
this list is absolutely fascinating, thank you for creating it đ
thank you! đ
this is such a wonderful list! đ©” i love the connection made between bodies of water and the sociopolitical. if i could add a suggestion, i would recommend black cake by charmaine wilkerson from this yearâs carnival readalong. the ocean + swimming hold such an important impact on the charactersâ own personal development and their ties to their cultural heritage within the story that i think would make it fit well here!
omg that's a great idea, i read black cake years ago and i forgot how central the ocean is in that book!
omg thanks to whoever nominated this list for a quest!!
