Peter Matthiessen Reading Order
1 series · 114 books
Peter Matthiessen was an acclaimed American novelist and naturalist whose sprawling career encompassed fiction, nature writing, and environmental activism, along with a background in intelligence work and Zen Buddhism. His versatile body of work, spanning from 1961 to 2001, earned him the rare distinction of winning the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction categories. As a co-founder of The Paris Review and a pioneering voice for wilderness conservation, Matthiessen crafted literary fiction that often explored humanity's complex relationship with the natural world.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete114 books
Start with Raditzer, the first of 114 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1000 adventures |
| 2 | African silences |
| 3 | Are we there yet? |
| 4 | At play in the fields of the Lord |
| 5 | At play in the fields of the Lord |
| 6 | At play in the fields of the Lord |
| 7 | Baikal |
| 8 | Baikal Sacred Sea of Siberia |
| 9 | Black autumn |
| 10 | Blue Meridian |
| 11 | Blue meridian |
| 12 | Bone by Bone |
| 13 | Bone by Bone |
| 14 | Cloud Forest |
| 15 | Cloud Forest |
| 16 | Courage for the Earth |
| 17 | Courage for the Earth |
| 18 | De sneeuwluipaard |
| 19 | Deux saisons à l'âge de pierre |
| 20 | East of Lo Monthang |
| 21 | Ein Pfeil in den Himmel. Der Roman zum Film |
| 22 | El Leopardo de Las Nieve |
| 23 | En La Laguna Estigia y Otros Relatos |
| 24 | En el espíritu de Caballo Loco |
| 25 | En liberté dans les champs du Seigneur |
| 26 | End of the Earth |
| 27 | End of the Earth |
| 28 | Endocrine Disrupters |
| 29 | Endocrine Disrupters |
| 30 | Hráči na vinici Páně |
| 31 | In paradise |
| 32 | In paradise |
| 33 | Indian Country |
| 34 | Jugando En Los Campos del Señor |
| 35 | Killing Mister Watson |
| 36 | Killing Mister Watson |
| 37 | Killing Mr Watson |
| 38 | Killing Mr. Watson Open Market |
| 39 | Le léopard des neiges |
| 40 | Lost Man's River |
| 41 | Lost Man's River |
| 42 | Lost Man's River |
| 43 | Men's Lives |
| 44 | Men's Lives |
| 45 | Men's lives |
| 46 | Midnight turning gray |
| 47 | Nine-headed dragon river |
| 48 | No Boundaries |
| 49 | No Boundaries (Gang of Seven : the Wonder of Words) |
| 50 | North American Indians |
| 51 | Ocean Fishes Paintings Of Saltwater Fish |
| 52 | On the River Styx |
| 53 | On the River Styx and other stories |
| 54 | Oomingmak |
| 55 | Oomingmak |
| 56 | Partisans |
| 57 | Peter Matthiessen Interview with Kay Bonetti |
| 58 | Peter Matthiessen Reading the Snow Leopard (Excerpts) and On the River Styx |
| 59 | Race Rock |
| 60 | Raditzer |
| 61 | Sal Si Puedes |
| 62 | Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can) |
| 63 | Sal Si Puedes Escape If You Can Cesar Chavez And The New American Revolution |
| 64 | Sal si puedes |
| 65 | Seal Pool |
| 66 | Seal pool |
| 67 | Shadow Country |
| 68 | Shadows of Africa |
| 69 | Silences africains |
| 70 | Silencios de Africa, Los |
| 71 | The Birds of Heaven |
| 72 | The Birds of Heaven |
| 73 | The Cloud Forest |
| 74 | The Great Auk escape |
| 75 | The Peter Matthiessen reader |
| 76 | The Tree Where Man Was Born |
| 77 | The Tree Where Man Was Born |
| 78 | The shorebirds of North America |
| 79 | The tree where man was born |
| 80 | The tree where man was born |
| 81 | The tree where man was born |
| 82 | The wind birds |
| 83 | Tiger im Schnee. Ein Plädoyer für den Sibirischen Tiger |
| 84 | Tigers in the snow |
| 85 | Tigres dans la neige |
| 86 | Tijgers in de sneeuw |
| 87 | Tree Where Man Was Born |
| 88 | UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL |
| 89 | Under the Mountain Wall |
| 90 | Wildlife in America |
| 91 | Zen and the Writing Life |
| 92 | Zen meditation in plain English |
| 93 | Raditzer 1961 |
| 94 | The cloud forest 1961 |
| 95 | Under the mountain wall 1963 |
| 96 | At play in the fields of the Lord 1965 |
| 97 | Partisans 1966 |
| 98 | The tree where man was born 1972 |
| 99 | Far Tortuga 1975 |
| 100 | The Snow Leopard 1979 |
| 101 | Sand Rivers 1980 |
| 102 | Indian Country 1984 |
| 103 | Men's lives 1986 |
| 104 | Nine-headed dragon river 1986 |
| 105 | Killing Mister Watson 1990 |
| 106 | African Silences 1991 |
| 107 | In the spirit of Crazy Horse 1991 |
| 108 | Baikal 1992 |
| 109 | East of Lo Monthang 1995 |
| 110 | Wildlife in America 1995 |
| 111 | Bone by Bone 1999 |
| 112 | An African Trilogy 2000 |
| 113 | The Birds of Heaven 2001 |
| 114 | Tigers in the Snow 2001 |
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