Coyote's Wild Home
children's-book · First published 2023
Author guide
Barbara Kingsolver Books in Order
Barbara Kingsolver is an American author of fiction, poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and children's literature. Her work frequently explores ecology, biodiversity, social justice, migration, family, community, and the relationship between people and place. Her books include novels, short-story and essay collections, poetry, memoir-like creative nonfiction, environmental writing, and collaborative works, including Coyote's Wild Home with Lily Kingsolver.
literary fictionhistorical fictionshort storiesessayspoetrycreative nonfictionenvironmental writingchildren's literature
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Barbara Kingsolver's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Bean Trees
Accessible debut novel and the beginning of the Taylor Greer sequence.
The Poisonwood Bible
A major standalone novel and representative work of her literary fiction.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
A representative work of her environmental creative nonfiction.
How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)
A direct entry into her poetry.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
The Bean Trees series
A two-novel sequence following Taylor Greer and Turtle, beginning with The Bean Trees and continuing in Pigs in Heaven.
- 1 The Bean Trees
Book 1 · novel · 1988
Taylor, a poor Kentuckian making her way west with an abandoned baby girl, stops in Tucson where she finds friends and discovers resources in apparently empty places.
- 2 Pigs in Heaven
Book 2 · novel · 1993
A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (10)
- Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983
nonfiction · 1989
- Animal Dreams
novel · 1990
Codi returns to her hometown to confront her past and face her ailing father. What she finds is a town threatened by an environmental catastrophe and a man who could change her life.
- The Poisonwood Bible
novel · 1998
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need…
- Prodigal Summer
novel · 2000
“A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.” — San Francisco Chronicle In this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times bestselling…
- Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands
photographic-nonfiction · 2002
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
creative-nonfiction · 2007
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun…
- The Lacuna
novel · 2009
'The Lacuna' is the story of a man's search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost.
- Flight Behavior
novel · 2012
Tired of living in oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media firestorm that changes her life forever.
- Unsheltered
novel · 2018
The acclaimedauthor of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize—returns with a story about two…
- Demon Copperhead
novel · 2022
Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility…
Short fiction (1)
- Homeland and Other Stories
short-story-collection · 1989
“Extraordinarily fine. Kingsolver has a Chekhovian tenderness toward her characters. . . . The title story is pure poetry.” —Russell Banks, New York Times Book Review With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her…
Essays and speeches (2)
- High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never
essay-collection · 1995
"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently…
- Small Wonder
essay-collection · 2002
Children's books (1)
- Coyote's Wild Home
children's-book · 2023
Poetry (2)
- Another America/Otra América
poetry-collection · 1992
- How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)
poetry-collection · 2020
Frequently asked questions about Barbara Kingsolver
Who is Barbara Kingsolver?
Barbara Kingsolver is an American author who was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. She is known for fiction and nonfiction addressing family, place, ecology, and social justice.
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What did Barbara Kingsolver study before becoming a writer?
She studied biology at DePauw University and earned a master’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona. She worked as a laboratory and scientific writer before becoming a full-time freelance writer and author in 1985.
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How have science and place influenced Barbara Kingsolver’s writing?
Her scientific training and experiences in Kentucky, the Southwest, and Appalachia inform writing that connects ecological concerns with family, community, inequality, and human responsibility. She has described literature as a way to increase awareness of injustice and inspire social change.
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Which major awards has Barbara Kingsolver won?
Her major honors include the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Demon Copperhead, the Women’s Prize for Fiction for The Lacuna in 2010, and the National Humanities Medal in 2000.
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What is Barbara Kingsolver’s literary legacy?
Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and adopted in literature curricula at schools and colleges across the United States. She also established the Bellwether Prize to support first-time novelists writing socially engaged fiction.
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