Books that are Gardens

“It was the garden that came first, heaven trailing in its wake” — Olivia Laing

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last updated July, 2026

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The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems

The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems

Wendell Berry

My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

Gerald Durrell

Prodigal Summer

Prodigal Summer

Barbara Kingsolver

The Seed Keeper

The Seed Keeper

Diane Wilson

Greenwild (Greenwild #1)

Greenwild (Greenwild #1)

Pari Thomson

The Garden of Evening Mists

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us

A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us

Poppy Okotcha

Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

Derek Jarman

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

John Milton

My Garden Book

My Garden Book

Jamaica Kincaid

They: A Sequence of Unease

They: A Sequence of Unease

Kay Dick

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

Michael Pollan

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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payote

I would have added * the secret garden * if it weren't already here. Love the list idea 💖🌿

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jennjennjennreadsOP

Thank you!! I really want/need more books for this list!

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