Non-Textbooks for Geography
1.
Storming Heaven, by Denise Giardina
2.
Following the River, by James Alexander Thom
3.
From Sea to Shining Sea, by James Alexander Thom
4.
Exodus and the Hajj, by Leon Uris
5.
Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
6.
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
7.
Giants of the Earth, by O.E. Rolvaag
8.
Pedor Victoriious, by O.E. Rolvaag
9.
Their Father’s God, by O.E.. Rolvaag
10.
Top of the World, by Charles Karalt
11.
The Old Patagonian Express, by Paul Theoroux
12.
Riding the Iron Rooster, by Paul Theroux
13.
Blue Highways, by William least Heat Moon
14.
The Water is Wide, by Pat Conroy
15.
O Pioneer, by Willa Cather
16.
Longitude, by Dana Sorvel
17.
Edge City, by Joel Garreavi
18.
Talking Peace, by Jimmy Carter
19.
Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose
20.
China Wakes, by Kicholas D. Kustof, Sheryl Wuduhn
21.
Kiss the Dust, by Laird
22.
The Great Trapline (in Ontario), by Donald Smith
23.
Time and Again, by Jack Finney
24.
Geography’s Inner Worlds: Persuasive Themes in Contemporary American Geography, by Abler,
Ronald F. Melvin G. marcus and Judy M. Olson.
25.
Them Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality, by Arreola, Daniel D. and James R. Curtis
26.
Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle, by Barlow, Nora, Ed.
27.
Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color, by Bullard, Robert D.
28.
Beyond the Fray: Resaphing American’s Environmental Movement, by Chiras, Daniel
29.
The Voyage of the Beagle, by Darwin, Charles
30.
Maps in Mind: Reflections on Cognitive Mapping, by Downs, Roger M. and David Stea.
31.
The Solace of Open Spaces, by Ehrlich, Greetel
32.
The Betweeness of Place: Toward a Geography of Modernity, by Entrikin J. Nicholas.
33.
North American Ethnic Geography, by Estaville, Lawrence Jr. and carol Rosen
34.
The Nine Nations of North America, by Garreau, Joel.
35.
Mental Maps, by Gould, Peter and Rodney White
36.
The Geographer’s Art, by Haggett, Peter
37.
Falling off the Map, by Iyer, Pico
38.
Geographical Snap Shots of North America, by Janelle, Donald G.
39.
Axioms for Reading the Landscape, by lewis, Pierce
40.
Ethnicity in Contemporary America: A Geographic Appraisal, by McKee, Jesse O.
41.
The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 years of Histroy, Vol. 1, Atlantic
America, 1492-1800, by Meinig, D.W.
42.
The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 years of History, Vol. 2, Continental
America, 1800-1867, by Meinig, D.W.
43.
North America: The Histroical Geography of a Changing Continent, by Mitchell, Robert D. and
Paul A. Groves.
44.
Darwin and the Beagle, by Moorhead, Alan
45.
To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America, by Noble Allen G.
46.
The Cultural Landscape, by Salter, Christopher L.
47.
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, by Takaki, Ronald.
48.
From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethincity in America by Takaki, Ronald
49.
Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, by Takaki, Ronald.

50.
Passing Strange and Wonderful: Aesthetics, Nature, and Culture, by Tuan Yi-Fu
51.
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action: Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years, by Turner, B.L., William C. Clark, Robert W. ktes, John F.Richards, Jessica T.
Mathews, and William B. Meyers.
52.
Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrant, by Ungar, Sanford.
53.
The Place of Geography, by Unwin, Tim
54.
Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California, by Vigin, James Diego.
55.
The Cultural Geography of the United States- A Revised Edition, by Zelinsky, Wilbur.
56.
The River We Have Wrought: A History of the Upper Mississippi, by Anfinson, John
57.
The Future of Ice and Islands, Universe and Home, by Ehrlich, Greetel
Novel List
1.
Persian Boy, by Renault Mary (Alexander the Great
2.
Grapes of Wrath, by Steinbeck, John
3.
Travels With Charlie, by Steinbeck, John
4.
Cold Mountain, by Frasier, Charles (North Carolina and the Civil War)
5.
Outport People by Mowatt, Claire (Rural Newfoundland Fishing Outpourts)
6.
Waiting For the Rain, by Gordon, Sheila (South Africa)
7.
Walkabout, by Marshall, James (Australia)
8.
Walk Across America, by Jenkins, Peter
9.
The Walk West, by Jenkins, Peter
10.
Walk Across China, by Jenkins, Peter
11.
Sand County Almanac, by Leopold, Aldo
12.
The National Parks by Tilden, Freeman
13.
My First Summer in the Sierras, by Muir, John
14.
Bury My heart at Wounded Knee, by Brown, Dee
15.
On the Road with Charles Karalt, by Karalt, Charles
16.
America, My Backyard, by Scott, Willard
17.
Spencer’s Mountain, by Hammer, Earl
18.
The Homecoming, by Hammer, Earl
19.
Christy, by Marshall, Catherine
20.
City of Joy, by Lapiene, Dominique (India)
21.
Tropical Gangsters, Africa
22.
The Geography of Nowhere, Kunstler, James Howard.
23.
Life in South Africa, by Nongena, Poppie
24.
Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, Chinua (story about the effects of colonization on the culture of
Africa)
25.
Nectar in Sieve, by Markandaya, Kamala, Signet (South Asia-India)
26.
Train To Pakistan, by Singh, Khushwant (South Asia- India)
27.
Chemmeen, by Pillia, Thakazhi Suvasankara, (South Asia – India)
28.
Les Miserable, by Hugo, Victor (Europe)
29.
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Dumas, Alexander
30.
1984 by Orwell, George (Totalitarianism)
31.
Exodus, by Orwell, George (Totalitarianism)
32.
Spring Moon, by Lord, Bette Bao (China)
33.
The Magic Bus, Bunkly Douglas (United States)
34.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by Jung, Chang
35.
Coyotes: A Journal Through the Secret World of America’s Illegal Aliens, by Conover, Ted.
36.
Two Years Before Mast: And Twenty Four Years After, by Dana, R.H. Jr.
37.
Danzinger’s Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontier, by Danzinger, Nick
38.
We of the Never Never by Gunn, Aeneas
39.
The Control of Nature by McPhee, John
40.
Centennial by Michener, james
41.
Hawaii, by Michener, james
42.
A Bend in the River, by Naipaul, V.S.

43.
Cambridge, by Phillips, Caryl
44.
A Town Like Alice, by Shute, Nevil
45.
The Great Railway Bazaar, by Theroux, Paul.
46.
Life on the Mississippi, by Twain, Mark
47.
The Edge of the Sea, by Carlson, Rachel
48.
Goodbye to a River A Narrative, by Graves, John
49.
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, by Abbey, Edward
50.
The Tree Where man Was Born by Mathiessen, Peter
51.
Coming Into the Country, by McPhee, John
52.
A Land, by Hawkes, Jaquetta
53.
A Walk in the Woods, by Bryson, Bill
54.
Neither Here Nor There, by Bryson, Bill
55.
Notes From a Small Island, Byrson, Bill
56.
A Lost Continent, by Bryson, Bill
57.
I’m a Stranger Here Myself, by Bryson, Bill
58.
A Mother Tounge, by Bryson, Bill
59.
A Sunburned Land, by Bryson, Bill
60.
The World’s Most Dangerous Places by Pelton, Robert Young.
61.
Don’t Know Much About Geography, by Davis, Kenneth.
62.
Sayonara, by Michener, James.
63.
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Mystery, by Millett, Larry
64.
Silent Snow, by Thayer, Steve
65.
Alive, Piers, Paul Read
66.
Down the River, by Abbey, Edward
67.
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, by Ray, Janisse
68.
Edge City: Life on a New Frontier, by Garreau, Joel
69.
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy, by Strauss, William and Neil Howe.
70.
From Beiruit to Jerusalem, by Friedman, Thomas
71.
How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken. by Marshall, Alex
72.
Into the Wild, Krakauer, Jon
73.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. By Krakauer, Jon
74.
Isaac’s Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurrican in Histroy, by Larson, Erik and Isaac
Monroe Cline.
75.
Jihad vs. McWorld: How globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World, by Barber, Benjamin
R. and Andrea Schultz.
76.
Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism. by Freidman, Thomas.
77.
My Jihad: One American’s journey Through the Wrold of Usama Bin Laden – As a Covert
Operative for the American Government, by Collins, Aukai
78.
Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the new World Order by Kagan, Robert
79.
Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going, by Harris, Marvin.
80.
Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West, by Worster, Donald.
81.
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Duany, Andres,
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck.
82.
The Adventurist: My Life in Dangerous Places, by Pelton, Robert Young
83.
The End of History and the Last Man, by Fukuyama, Francis
84.
The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century by Kupchan, Charles
85.
The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the
Frontiers of Anarchy by Kaplan, Robert.
86.
The Fool’s Progress: An Honest Novel, by Abbey, Edward
87.
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Abbey, Edward and Douglas Brinkley
88.
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some are So Poor by Landes,
David
89.
Cadillac Desert, by Reisner, Marc
90.
Guns, Germs and Steel, by Diamond, Jarod

91.
Three World’s Gone Mad: Dangerous Journeys through War Zones of Africa, Asia, and the South
Pacific, by Pelton, Robert Young.
92.
Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. by De Villiers, Marq
93.
Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst, by Ward, Diane Raines.
94.
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World’s Most Dangerous Places, by Willis, Clint
95.
Songs to an African Sunset; A Zimbabwean Story by Nzenza, Sekai and Sekai Nzenza-Shand
96.
Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and my Journey to Freedom in
America, by Bok, Francis
97.
I Give You My Word: Sharing the Language of Life, Gaddy, C Welton, Walter Cronkite
98.
Myths of Rich and Poor: Why we’re Better Off Than We Think, by Cox, W. Michael and Richard
Alm.
99.
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by King, Dean.
100.
The Clash of civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Huntington, Samuel P.
101.
Clues to the Coming Instability, by Linden, Eugene
102.
The Devil’s Highway by Urrea, Luis Alberto
103.
A Field Guide to Sprawl by Hayden, Dolores, and Jim Wark.
104.
Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up, by Brecher,
Jeremy and Tim Costello
105.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Diamond, Jared.
106.
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, by Wells, Spencer and Mark Read
107.
100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can’t Miss by Freeman, Dave, Neil
Teplica.
108.
All the Trouble in the World: The lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster,
Ethnic Hatred, Plague and Poverty. By O’Rourke, P.J.
109.
Annals of the Former World by McPhee, John
110.
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan, by Zeppa, Jamie
111.
Boonville: A Novel, by Anerson, Robert Mailer
112.
Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala, by Sanford, Victoria
113.
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of the Rising Power by Kristof, Nicholas D., Sheryl
Wudunn,
114.
Come Back Alive: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Disasters, Kidnapping, Animal Attacks and
Other nasty Perils of Modern Travel by Pelton, Robert Young
115.
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture. By harris, Marvin
116.
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, by Harrision, Larence, and Samuel P.
Huntington.
117.
The Travel Detective by Greenberg, Peter
118.
The Travel Detective: Flight Crew Confidential by Greenberg, Peter.
119.
Disgrace, by Coetzee, J.M. (South Africa)
120.
Poland, by Michener, James
121.
Tales of the South Pacific, by Michener, James
122.
Return to Paradise, by Michener, James
123.
Iberia: Spanish Travels, by Michener, James
124.
The Imperial Way, by Theroux, Paul
125.
Snow Leopard, by Matthiessen, Peter (Himalayas
126.
Funny in Farsi, by Dumas, Firoozeh (Growing up in Iran)
127.
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Nafisi, Azar
128.
Calender, Humanities Epic Struggle to Determine the Year, by Ewing, David
129.
Mountains of California, by Muir, John
130.
The Odyssey, by Homer
131.
Ada Blackjack – True Survival in the Arctic, by Armstrong, Jennifer
132.
Shachelton: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, by Armstrong, Jennifer
133.
Shackelton, by Lansing, Alfred