Interested in broadening your awareness of water issues? Check out any of these great books! If you have a suggestion for a title to add, let us know at: water@mailplus.wisc.edu
Topics:
- Our Favorites. Not sure where to start? Try one of our favorites.
- Science and Technology. Fascinating overviews of the development of water-related technologies and scientific knowledge.
- Fun and Fiction. Inspiring, amusing and fictional stories about water, nature, and the environment.
- Environmental Health. Tales of scientists as detectives, tracking down sources of illness in the water.
- On Location. Stories that take a deep dive into a water crisis or water issues at a single locale.
- In America. Overviews of water challenges facing the States.
- Global Water. Sources of water conflict and crisis at the global scale and alternate ways of thinking about it.
For a deeper dive into water literature, see also the library resources at the Wisconsin Water Library and the UW-Madison Limnology Library.
Exciting news! The Life and Death of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan has been selected as UW-Madison’s Go Big Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. For special events, discussion questions, and more check out the Go Big Read website
Our Favorites
Not sure where to start? Try one of our favorites.








Science + Technology
Fascinating overviews of the development of water-related technologies and scientific knowledge.




Environmental Health
Tales of scientists as detectives, tracking down sources of illness in the water.




On Location
Stories that take a deep dive into water issues or a water crisis at a single locale.




In America
Overviews of water challenges facing the States.




Global Water
Sources of water conflict and crisis at the global scale and alternate ways of thinking about it.







