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Home / Authors / Diane Ackerman Diane Ackerman Diane Ackerman is an American author best known for her lyrical nonfiction works, including *A Natural History of the Senses*. A prolific poet and naturalist, she has received numerous accolades, including the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing. This page provides the Diane Ackerman books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
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1976 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral[Poems] POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1978 Wife of Light POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1983 Lady Faustus POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1985 On Extended Wings POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 Reverse Thunder: A Dramatic Poem POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 A Natural History of the Senses POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1991 Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 A Natural History of Love POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1994 The Curious Naturalist POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1995 The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1995 Monk Seal Hideaway POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 1997 A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 1997 Bats: Shadows in the Night POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 1998 I Praise My Destroyer: Poems POoC · 6 Buy ↗ 1998 The Book of Love POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 1999 Deep Play POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2000 Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire POoC · 7 Buy ↗ 2000 The Senses of Animals: Poems POoC · 8 Buy ↗ 2001 Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2002 Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 2003 Animal Sense POoC · 9 Buy ↗ 2004 An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain POoNB · 14 Buy ↗ 2007 The Zookeeper's Wife POoNB · 15 Buy ↗ 2009 Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day POoNB · 16 Buy ↗ 2011 One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir POoNB · 17 Buy ↗ 2014 The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us POoNB · 18 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Collections 9 books · 1976–2003
01 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral[Poems] 1976 Buy ↗ 04 Reverse Thunder: A Dramatic Poem 1988 Buy ↗ 05 Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems 1991 Buy ↗ 06 I Praise My Destroyer: Poems 1998 Buy ↗ 07 Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire 2000 Buy ↗ 08 The Senses of Animals: Poems 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 18 books · 1985–2014
01 On Extended Wings 1985 Buy ↗ 02 A Natural History of the Senses 1990 Buy ↗ 03 The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales 1991 Buy ↗ 04 A Natural History of Love 1994 Buy ↗ 05 The Curious Naturalist 1994 Buy ↗ 06 The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds 1995 Buy ↗ 07 Monk Seal Hideaway 1995 Buy ↗ 08 A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis 1997 Buy ↗ 09 Bats: Shadows in the Night 1997 Buy ↗ 10 The Book of Love 1998 Buy ↗ 12 Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden 2001 Buy ↗ 13 Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir 2002 Buy ↗ 14 An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain 2004 Buy ↗ 15 The Zookeeper's Wife 2007 Buy ↗ 16 Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day 2009 Buy ↗ 17 One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir 2011 Buy ↗ 18 The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us 2014 Buy ↗