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.

I love this author. Just as good as migrations.

has the flavor of sci fi apocalyptic story line but captures relationships between child-parent, lovers, soul mates, siblings, and most striking is the timeless connection and one-ness with the natural world. Captures both the terrifying ruthlessness and nurturing calm of oceans, storms, and whale pods.

What a good book!

This book took me on twists and turns I don’t expect. It’s a good one.

Just okay for me.

The audiobook performances did a lot of heavy lifting here—not entirely sure I’d have finished the physical book. If the characters would just TALK to one another, then we wouldn’t have a story at all.

Meandering

Interesting descriptive elements but ultimately too meandering in its plot line. Character development is lacking. Wouldn’t recommend.

Sad

I prefer a story with closure that is positive and hopeful not to invest in people and then have it end so tragically.