A Dozen Favorite Novels About Fire
(alphabetically by author, with a soundtrack by David Mallett)
Dreamland by Kevin Baker
The Burning World by J. G. Ballard
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
An Anarchist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean *
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien
Endless Love by Scott Spencer
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
* nonfiction
— April 20, 2026