The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau Dunshee Ambrotype of Thoreau, 1861 (Courtesy Concord Museum)
What's New About the Project About Thoreau's Writings About Thoreau Resources for Research
"Double row of Arbor Vitae, near Battle Ground, May 18, 1902" (Courtesy Concord Free Public Library)
Frequently Asked Questions
Life and Times of Henry David Thoreau
Reflections on Walden
Further Reading
 
 

"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all."

----A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Books about Thoreau

Selected bibliography of books about Thoreau's life and works, arranged by topic.

Thoreau for Younger Readers

Books about Thoreau for a young audience.

Works That Cite the Thoreau Edition

Works that cite, quote, or refer to volumes of the Thoreau Edition published by Princeton University Press.

Thoreau Holdings, UCSB Special Collections

A list of Thoreau materials--books and original manuscripts--currently held by the Department of Special Collections of UC Santa Barbara's Davidson Library.

Nature Writing and Ecocriticism: Anthologies and Readers

Selected bibliography of anthologies and other collected editions of nature writing and ecocriticism.

Nature Writing

Selected bibliography of nature writing.

Environmentalism and Ecocriticism

Selected bibliography of books on environmental history, ethics, policy, and philosophy; and nature and wilderness.