National Tree Day Book Lists Spotlight Fictional Trees in Australia

Two recent blog posts compiled lists of five novels each in honour of National Tree Day in Australia, focusing on titles where trees play a central role. The first list revisits classic and modern works such as Jean Giono’s *The Man Who Planted Trees*, Italo Calvino’s *The Baron in the Trees*, May Sinclair’s *The Tree of Heaven*, and Marjorie Barnard’s *The Persimmon Tree*. The second list adds titles like Elif Shafak’s *The Island of Missing Trees*, Richard Powers’s Pulitzer‑winning *The Overstory*, and Inga Simpson’s *Where the Trees Were*, highlighting themes of heritage, environmental change and cultural memory.

Both posts note the relevance of trees to the Australian celebration and use the selections to explore broader literary reflections on nature, history and human connection.