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Blue Planet





Curated for Summer Reading 2022

This list contains both nonfiction and fiction books that take place on water, in water, near water or are about creatures that live in the water. We've included classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Moby Dick by Herman Melville as well as newer novels like This Tender Land (a modern Huck Finn meets the Great Depression version) by William Kent Krueger and Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen.


The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain


Among The Beautiful Beasts

by Lori McMullen


Barbarian Days

by William Finnegan


Below The Edge Of Darkness

by Edith Widder


The Boys In The Boat

by Daniel James Brown


The Cat's Table

by Michael Ondaatje


Close to Shore

by Mike Capuzzo




Death On The Nile

by Agatha Christie






Gift From The Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh




The Island Of Sea Women

by Lisa See








More News Tomorrow

by Susan Shreve


Once Upon A River

by Bonnie Jo Campbell


The Perfect Storm

by Sebastian Junger




A River Runs Through It

by Norman Maclean


The Shape of Water

by Guillermo Del Toro








The Soul Of An Octopus

by Sy Montgomery




This Tender Land

by William Kent Krueger


The Unsinkable Greta James

by Jennifer Smith


The Weight Of Water

by Anita Shreve