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Fiction Books on Ants
Major Fiction
This table lists a number of major Fiction books in which the focus is specifically on ants.
Please note that this table excludes books and other publications which contain separate chapters and/or stories related to ants. Please view the Stories and Chapters table for such items.
| Title | Author | Year of Publication | Publisher | Language | Subject | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthill: A Novel | Wilson, Edward O. | 2010 | Norton Press | English | Conservation | Alabama boy enthralled with ants | |
| Ant Heap, The | Dethier, Vincent G. | 1979 | The Darwin Press | English | Natural History | Humor | |
| Les Fourmis | Werber, Bernard | 1991 | Librairie Générale Française: Albin Michel | French | Fiction | Work has been translated into English and titled Empire of the Ants | |
| Empire of the Ants | Werber, Bernard; translation by Margaret Rocques | 1998 | Bantam Books | English | Fiction | Fantastical journey of a man entering the cellar of his Paris home into a world of ants, never to return. | |
| The Colony | Colucci, A.J. | 2012 | Thomas Dunne Books | English | Fiction | Super colony of ants on a murderous rampage in New York City | |
| Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen: Novelle | Stephenson, Carl | 1930 | Matthiesen Verlag | German | Fiction | Plantation owner Leiningen does battle against a swarm of ants trying to take over his property. | |
| Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | 1977 | Tor | English | Science Fiction | Young Readers book about a young boy's experiences while undergoing military training to fight in an intergalactic war against an ant-like alien species. |
Stories and Chapters
This table lists books and additional publications that contain chapters and/or stories relating to ants.
| Story/Chapter Title | Publication | Author | Year of Publication | Publisher | Language | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Argentine Ant, The" | Watcher & Other Stories, The | Calvino, Italo | 1971 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | English | Fiction | Fiction |
| "Empire of the Ants" | Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories, The (Penguin Classics) | Wells, H.G. | 2007 | Penguin | English | Fiction | Available to view through Project Gutenberg |
| "Dream of Akinosuke, The" | Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Shings | Hearn, Lafcadio | 1971 | Tuttle | English | Fiction | Folklore from Japan. Available to view through Project Gutenberg |
| "Trailhead" | New Yorker, The | Wilson, Edward O. | 2010 | Condé Nast | English | Fiction | Story from the novel Anthill; online version located on The New Yorker website |
| "Leiningen Versus the Ants" | The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told | Stephenson, Carl; collection edited by Lamar Underwood | 1940 | Tudor Pub. Co. | English | Fiction | Work was translated from the German novella Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen: Novelle |