Seven top titles featuring bogs

Anna North is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick Outlawed, America Pacifica, and Lambda Literary Award winner The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. She is a senior correspondent at Vox. She lives in Brooklyn.

North's latest novel is Bog Queen.

[The Page 69 Test: The Life and Death of Sophie Stark; The Page 69 Test: Outlawed; Q&A with Anna North]

At Lit Hub the author tagged seven "books [that] will satisfy your bog witch cravings, while also reminding you of the real-world importance of bogs as bulwarks against climate change, cradles of biodiversity, and keepers of ancestral memory." One title on the list:

Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

Do you want to learn the difference between a fen, a bog, and a swamp? Do you want to learn it from Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx, the expert in evoking landscapes from Newfoundland to Wyoming? If so, prepare yourself: Proulx, as she enters her ninth decade, is none too pleased with the way humans have stewarded the world’s wetlands. May her rage and disappointment inspire you.

Read about another entry on North's list.

--Marshal Zeringue