Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Convergence of Birds |
2001 |
Buy |
| When The Wild Comes Leaping Up |
2002 |
Buy |
| In the Arms of Words: Poems for Disaster Relief |
2005 |
Buy |
| Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania |
2005 |
Buy |
| Hope Beneath Our Feet |
2010 |
Buy |
| Wonder and Other Survival Skills |
2012 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral[Poems] |
1976 |
Buy |
| Wife of Light |
1978 |
Buy |
| Lady Faustus |
1983 |
Buy |
| Reverse Thunder: A Dramatic Poem |
1988 |
Buy |
| Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems |
1991 |
Buy |
| I Praise My Destroyer: Poems |
1998 |
Buy |
| Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Senses of Animals: Poems |
2000 |
Buy |
| Animal Sense |
2003 |
Buy |
Diane Ackerman Non-Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| On Extended Wings |
1985 |
Buy |
| A Natural History of the Senses |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales |
1991 |
Buy |
| A Natural History of Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Curious Naturalist |
1994 |
Buy |
| Monk Seal Hideaway |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis |
1997 |
Buy |
| Bats: Shadows in the Night |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Book of Love |
1998 |
Buy |
| Deep Play |
1999 |
Buy |
| Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden |
2001 |
Buy |
| Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir |
2002 |
Buy |
| An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Zookeeper’s Wife |
2007 |
Buy |
| Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day |
2009 |
Buy |
| One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us |
2014 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| On Extended Wings |
1985 |
Buy |
| A Natural History of the Senses |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales |
1991 |
Buy |
| A Natural History of Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Curious Naturalist |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds |
1995 |
Buy |
| Monk Seal Hideaway |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis |
1997 |
Buy |
| Bats: Shadows in the Night |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Book of Love |
1998 |
Buy |
| Deep Play |
1999 |
Buy |
| Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden |
2001 |
Buy |
| Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir |
2002 |
Buy |
| An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Zookeeper’s Wife |
2007 |
Buy |
| Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day |
2009 |
Buy |
| One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us |
2014 |
Buy |
Diane Ackerman (born 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist. She has written over two dozen works of non-fiction and poetry, with several reaching the New York Times bestseller list. Her most widely read books include A Natural History of the Senses (1990), The Zookeeper’s Wife (2007), and The Human Age (2014).
A Natural History of the Senses explores the five human senses through a combination of science, history, and personal observation. The Zookeeper’s Wife, which recounts the true story of Polish zookeepers who rescued hundreds of Jews during World War II, won the Orion Book Award and was made into a major motion picture in 2017.
Ackerman’s poetry collections span from her early work The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral (1976) through I Praise My Destroyer (1998). She has received the P.E.N. Henry David Thoreau Award, the John Burroughs Nature Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Stephen Hawking Medal for Communicating Science.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Diane Ackerman written?
Diane Ackerman has written 51 books across four series.
What was Diane Ackerman's first book?
Diane Ackerman’s first book is The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral[Poems], published in 1976.
What is The Zookeeper's Wife about?
The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the true story of Antonina and Jan Zabinski, Polish zookeepers in Warsaw who hid over 300 Jewish refugees in their zoo during the Nazi occupation. It was adapted into a 2017 film starring Jessica Chastain.