Wild Dark Shore

Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)

De: Charlotte McConaghy

Narrado por: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West

A Reese's Book Club pick and a 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Audiobook of the Year!

This program features multicast narration.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR 2025

An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves

"A WILDLY TALENTED writer." ―Emily St. John Mandel
“SPELLBINDING...Exceptionally imagined, thoroughly humane.” —Washington Post
“Abounds with EVOCATIVE nature writing.” —The New York Times Book Review

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.

But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.

A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.

"This contemplative, heart-wrenching story is a unique and engaging listening experience made even more vibrant by its narration.” —Bookpage (Starred Review)

"The ensemble narration brings this intense story to life.” —AudioFile

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

Male narrator hard to hear

The story was good overall, but I had such a hard time with Dominic's chapters. The narrator was whispering half the time in his very deep voice so I always had to turn up the volume on those chapters.

Sad

Politically motivated which is annoying. Sad ending. Remind me of the four winds by Kristen Hannah

Excellent

So interesting. I enjoyed it even though it’s tragic. The characters are real and flawed but so is life, I highly recommend, Audio was fabulous

Completely and Utterly Captivating

As an early professional working in the marine research environment and someone who is completely obsessed with everything nature and natural, I am blown away by this book in its entirety. Every. Single. Word. Was relevant, funny, thrilling, educational, passionate or entertaining. It was beautifully written, captivating, and a reminder of the role humans play in our changing climate, to take care of each other, human and nonhuman species.

I want to visit the Macquarie Island Research Station. Thank you THANK YOU Charlotte McConaghy. What a true gift you’ve provided for my soul.

The Future is Now

The struggles the family endured including the sexual exploitation of the daughter, difficult living conditions and more