Wildfire season has become longer and the fires more intense, often leading to tragic outcomes. Sometimes they're ignited intentionally or carelessly. Sometimes nature sparks a blaze that is exacerbated by climate change. To better understand fire, how it works, how it's fought, and the destruction it leaves in its wake, check out these titles.
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Fire
The Last Fire Season
A Personal and Pyronatural History
Fire Weather
On the Front Lines of a Burning World
Fire in the Canyon
Breathing Fire
Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires
Firestorm
How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future
Wildfire Days
A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West
Woodsburner
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
Fire Monks
Zen Mind Meets Wildfire
Fire in the Heart
A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pyrocene | How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next | Stephen J Pyne | 2022 | |
| 2 | Fire | George R Stewart | 2024 | ||
| 3 | The Last Fire Season | A Personal and Pyronatural History | Manjula Martin | 2025 | |
| 4 | Fire Weather | On the Front Lines of a Burning World | John Vaillant | 2024 | |
| 5 | Fire in the Canyon | Daniel Gumbiner | 2023 | ||
| 6 | Breathing Fire | Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires | Jaime Lowe | 2022 | |
| 7 | Firestorm | How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future | Edward Struzik | 2019 | |
| 8 | Wildfire Days | A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West | Kelly Ramsey | 2025 | |
| 9 | Woodsburner | Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner | John Pipkin | 2010 | |
| 10 | The Big Burn | Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America | Timothy Egan | 2010 | |
| 11 | Fire Monks | Zen Mind Meets Wildfire | Colleen Morton Busch | 2012 | |
| 12 | Fire in the Heart | A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire | Mary Emerick | 2017 |