SCPL Reads: Fiction based in the wilderness
Stay connected with the histories of the True North with these fiction and non-fiction titles written by Indigenous authors.
The Overstory
Richard Powers
A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of forest.
Isola
Allegra Goodman
Inspired by a real 16th-century heroine, an orphaned and betrayed young woman, Marguerite, is marooned on a desolate island with her lover, where she must confront nature's harshness and her own strength in a desperate fight for survival.
The Guide
Peter Heller
Trying to return to normalcy after a young life filled with loss, Jack takes a job as a guide for the elite Kingfisher Lodge where he, while guiding a well-known singer, discovers that this idyllic fishing lodge may be a cover for a far more sinister operation.
The Nature of Disappearing
Kimi Cunningham Grant
A wilderness guide teams up with the ex-boyfriend who ruined her life years ago when the friend who introduced them goes missing.
Small Game
Blair Braverman
Cast in a new show called Civilization, survivalist Mara and her four teammates must stay alive in the northern wilderness after something goes horribly wrong. Faced with terrifying decisions, "survival" becomes more than a game.
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