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Bernd Heinrich Books in Order

Bernd Heinrich has written 23 books, published between 1979 and 2021. The first book is Bumblebee Economics (1979) and the newest is Racing the Clock (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1979–2021
Pages on record
5,984 in 20 of 23 books
Reading time
100–150 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,984 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Biologist Bernd Heinrich, born in 1940 in Bad Polzin, Germany, is professor emeritus at the University of Vermont. Heinrich's research on insect physiology and on bird behavior informs most of his 23 books, which examine how animals and plants adapt to their environments; other Heinrich books offer personal reflections on nature. Bumblebee Economics (1979) is the first. Ravens in Winter (1989), A Year in the Maine Woods (1994) and Mind of the Raven (1999) are later titles, and Racing the Clock (2021) is the latest.

How many Bernd Heinrich books are there?

Bernd Heinrich has 23 books, released between 1979 and 2021.

Bernd Heinrich Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Bernd Heinrich books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Bumblebee Economics by Bernd Heinrich (1979)
  2. Cover of Insect Thermoregulation by Bernd Heinrich (1981)
  3. Cover of In a Patch of Fireweed by Bernd Heinrich (1984)
  4. Cover of One Man's Owl by Bernd Heinrich (1987)
  5. Cover of Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich (1989)
  6. Cover of The Hot Blooded Insects by Bernd Heinrich (1993)
  7. Cover of A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich (1994)
  8. Cover of The Thermal Warriors by Bernd Heinrich (1996)
  9. Cover of The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich (1997)
  10. Cover of Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich (1999)
  11. Cover of Racing the Antelope by Bernd Heinrich (2001)
  12. Cover of Why We Run by Bernd Heinrich (2002)
  13. Cover of Winter World by Bernd Heinrich (2003)
  14. Cover of The Geese of Beaver Bog by Bernd Heinrich (2004)
  15. Cover of The Snoring Bird by Bernd Heinrich (2007)
  16. Cover of Summer World by Bernd Heinrich (2009)
  17. Cover of The Nesting Season by Bernd Heinrich (2010)
  18. Cover of Life Everlasting by Bernd Heinrich (2012)
  19. Cover of The Homing Instinct by Bernd Heinrich (2014)
  20. Cover of One Wild Bird at a Time by Bernd Heinrich (2016)
  21. Cover of A Naturalist at Large by Bernd Heinrich (2018)
  22. Cover of Racing the Clock by Bernd Heinrich (2021)
  1. 1
    Bumblebee Economics1979 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979260
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  2. 2
    Insect Thermoregulation1981 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981328
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  3. 3
    In a Patch of Fireweed1984 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984208
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  4. 4
    One Man's Owl1987 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987186
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  5. 5
    Ravens in Winter1989 · 379 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989379
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  6. 6
    The Hot Blooded Insects1993 · 601 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993601
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  7. 7
    A Year in the Maine Woods1994 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994272
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  8. 8
    The Thermal Warriors1996 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996240
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  9. 9
    The Trees in My Forest1997 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997239
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  10. 10
    Mind of the Raven1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  11. 11
    Racing the Antelope2001 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001292
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  12. 12
    Why We Run2002 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002292
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  13. 13
    Winter World2003 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003368
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  14. 14
    The Geese of Beaver Bog2004 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004240
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  15. 15
    The Snoring Bird2007 · 461 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007461
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  16. 16
    Summer World2009 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009272
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  17. 17
    The Nesting Season2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  18. 18
    Life Everlasting2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    The Homing Instinct2014 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014352
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  20. 20
    One Wild Bird at a Time2016 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016210
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  21. 21
    A Naturalist at Large2018 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018304
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  22. 22
    White Feathers2020 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020256
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  23. 23
    Racing the Clock2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021224
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Bernd Heinrich books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

23 books

23 Bernd Heinrich titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bernd Heinrich books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Bernd Heinrich books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Bernd Heinrich

Start with Bumblebee Economics (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bernd Heinrich book?

Racing the Clock (2021) is the newest Bernd Heinrich book released so far.

Is there a new Bernd Heinrich book coming?

No next Bernd Heinrich book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bernd Heinrich at a glance

Paused
No new Bernd Heinrich title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Bernd Heinrich books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,984 pages across the 20 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bernd Heinrich books, 6 of 23, were published in the 2000s.

What the Bernd Heinrich books are about

22 of the 23 Bernd Heinrich books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: insects is tagged on 5 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Insects 5 of 22 books
  • Behavior 4 of 22 books
  • Anecdotes 3 of 22 books
  • Animals 3 of 22 books
  • Natural history 3 of 22 books
  • Nature 3 of 22 books
  • Nonfiction 3 of 22 books
  • Animal behavior 2 of 22 books
  • Birds 2 of 22 books
  • Birds, behavior 2 of 22 books
  • Body temperature 2 of 22 books
  • Comparative Physiology 2 of 22 books