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Alaska & Other Polar/Sub Polar Regions

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Homebound

A Novel

by Portia Elan

Hardcover: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Five interlocking lives. One beloved story. A dazzling adventure across centuries and continents in search of the things that hold us together.

The Secret of Snow

A Novel

by Tina Harnesk

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

This lyrical runaway Swedish hit follows a reclusive, elderly couple who cross paths with a pair of twentysomething newcomers in a small mountain town, revealing an unexpected, shared history and the reclamation of a nearly extinct culture.

The Unveiling

A Novel

by Quan Barry

Hardcover: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the award-winning author of We Ride Upon Sticks and When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East, a genre-bending novel of literary horror set in Antarctica that explores abandonment, guilt, and survival in the shadow of America's racial legacy.

Wild Dark Shore

A Novel

by Charlotte McConaghy

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: Sep 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An enthralling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves.

City Under One Roof

by Iris Yamashita

Hardcover: Jan 2023 | Paperback: Jan 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter.

The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

by Ben Rawlence

Hardcover: Feb 2022 | Paperback: Dec 2023

Critics' Consensus:

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the "lung" at the top of the world.

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

by Nathaniel Ian Miller

Hardcover: Oct 2021 | Paperback: Oct 2022

Critics' Consensus:

The "ceaselessly brilliant" story of one man who banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything (Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ...

Lean Fall Stand

A Novel

by Jon McGregor

Hardcover: Sep 2021 | Paperback: Sep 2022

Critics' Consensus:

A thrilling and propulsive novel of an Antarctica expedition gone wrong and its far-reaching consequences for the explorers and their families "leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story" (Hilary Mantel).

The Sun Is a Compass

A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

by Caroline Van Hemert

Hardcover: Mar 2019 | Paperback: Feb 2020

Critics' Consensus:

The gripping story of a biologist's journey from Washington State to high above the Arctic Circle - traveling across remote and rugged terrain solely by human power - to rediscover birds, the natural world, and her own love of science.

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

Hardcover: Feb 2018 | Paperback: Sep 2019

Critics' Consensus:

From the author of The Nightingale, comes a story of a family in crisis and a young girl struggling to survive at the edge of the world, in America's last true frontier.

Tip of the Iceberg

My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

by Mark Adams

Hardcover: May 2018 | Paperback: May 2019

Critics' Consensus:

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America's last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Expedition.

To the Bright Edge of the World

by Eowyn Ivey

Hardcover: Aug 2016 | Paperback: Aug 2017

Critics' Consensus:

From the bestselling author of The Snow Child, a thrilling tale of historical adventure set in the Alaskan wilderness.

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