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by Chloe Dalton
Published Mar 2026
Read ReviewsA moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.
by Julie Sedivy
Published Oct 2025
Read ReviewsA celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.
by Carys Davies
Published Mar 2025
Read ReviewsA stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to "clear" the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.
by Mayumi Inaba
Published Feb 2025
Read ReviewsA beloved Japanese modern classic: a meditation on solitude, independence, writing, and life alongside a cat.
by Christian Cooper
Published Jun 2024
Read ReviewsCentral Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Published Jan 2024
Read ReviewsAn astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life.
by Annie Hartnett
Published Feb 2023
Read ReviewsA lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake.
by Carol Smith
Published May 2022
Read ReviewsA powerful exploration of grief following the death of the author's son that combines memoir, reportage, and lessons in how to heal.
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
by Sara Seager
Published Aug 2021
Read ReviewsIn this luminous memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth.
by Sara Baume
Published Mar 2017
Read ReviewsA debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows - over the course of four seasons - a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog.
by Fredrik Sjoberg
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsA mesmerizing memoir of extraordinary brilliance by an entomologist, The Fly Trap chronicles Fredrik Sjöberg's life collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden
by Heidi Julavits
Published Mar 2016
Read ReviewsA raucous, stunningly candid, deliriously smart diary of two years in the life of the incomparable Heidi Julavits
by Julian Barnes
Published Jul 2014
Read ReviewsJulian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsWitty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded search for belonging, for love, identity, home, and a mother.
by Francisco Goldman
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsCelebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in the summer of 2005. Two years later she died of a tragic accident. Say Her Name is a love story, a bold inquiry into destiny and accountability, and a tribute to Aura, who she was and who she would have been.
by David Almond, Polly Dunbar
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsJoin a young girl and her dad as they find their wings and take to the skies in a joyful, quirky, tender tale from a masterful author and illustrator.
by Mark Doty
Published Apr 2008
Read ReviewsWhen Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he brings home Beau, a golden retriever. A moving and intimate memoir interwoven with profound reflections on our feelings for animals and the lessons they teach us about life, love, and loss.
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