Yellowstone is more than a national park—it’s a living, breathing ecosystem shaped by fire, ice, animals, and people. The following books explore the science, history, and personal stories woven into this remarkable landscape, revealing why Yellowstone continues to fascinate readers, writers, and conservationists alike.

This is our #1 best-selling publication! Published by Yellowstone Forever, the park’s nonprofit education partner since 1933, this guide includes all of the information you need to plan and enjoy your trip to our first national park- from reservations to road maps to recommended activities.

In this compelling story, Rick McIntyre profiles one of Yellowstone’s most revered alpha males, Wolf 21. Find other Rick McIntyre titles here.

Designed by local park experts, our Yellowstone in a Day tour guide is an informative guide that simplifies your trip to Yellowstone with three classic sightseeing day trips.

Designed for easy use, this guide presents an overview of each species in Yellowstone, complete with photos and illustrations, botanical descriptions, preferred habitats, and interesting tidbits on the plant’s ecology and cultural use.

In her one-of-a-kind book, author Elizabeth Watry shares stories of the female legends of Yellowstone.

A beautifully illustrated survey of Yellowstone’s breathtaking birdlife, written by a team of renowned ornithologists and wildlife biologists.

The essential nature guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, written by a local wildlife biologist and eco-tour guide.

Ghostwalker presents a complete picture of mountain lions in the West today, uncovering the intimacies of their secretive lifestyle as well as the issues they face in our changing world.

More than 100 historic images spanning Yellowstone’s long history take on new meaning when precisely matched with Paul Horsted’s modern photos of the same locations.

In Eavesdropping on Animals, George Bumann shares the fascinating stories and insights he has gained from studying wildlife around the world for more than forty years, the last twenty of which have been spent leading popular programs on animal language and intelligence in Yellowstone National Park.

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.

Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers: the plants around us.

The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000.

This landmark new book features 93 photos from the historic 1988 Yellowstone fires, dramatic accounts from those on the front lines, and the remarkable story of Yellowstone’s rebirth as blackened mountainsides have given way to green stands of lodgepole pine and aspen.

Here, for the first time in a single book, is the incredible story of the wolves’ return to Yellowstone National Park as told by Doug Smith, co-editor Dan Stahler, Erin Stahler, Matt Metz, Kira Cassidy and the very people responsible for their reintroduction, study, and management.

Before wolves were nearly driven to extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s and later reintroduced to the Rockies, sparking cultural conflict, Nate Blakeslee chronicles the powerful true story of O‑Six—a charismatic, fiercely intelligent alpha female wolf whose strength, compassion, devoted motherhood, and rise as a beloved icon among wolf watchers and global followers came to symbolize the modern struggle over the American West.

In this memoir‑inflected portrait of the West, Susan Marsh recounts how her dream job with the Forest Service in Montana ends in conflict and disillusionment, before she finds renewal in western Wyoming through encounters with wild landscapes, danger, and beauty that shaped her life as a woman in conservation.

Researchers consider this account of the Native American strategy and policy to be a foundation book for any study of the Nez Perce.