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On June 5, Amazon announced the 10 books that have been selected for their annual Best Books of the Year So Far list. And while some books have been highly talked-about, like Oprah Winfrey’s latest selections The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong and Matriarch: A Memoir by Tina Knowles, you might not have heard about a few of the selections.
“Selecting the Best Books of the Year So Far is a tireless—and fun—process for the Amazon Books Editors,” wrote Amazon Books Editorial Director Sarah Gelman in the announcement. “Over thousands of hours, we read across genres from authors both new and established, searching for the very best books that make us smile, think, cry, cringe, and pique our sense of wonder.”
Earning the top spot on the list this year is Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.
“Wild Dark Shore is a novel that masterfully evoked each of these emotions in our team, and beautifully highlights the imperfections of human nature even when we have the best intentions,” Gelman added.
“Shot from a cannon in the dark, Wild Dark Shore is a novel that hooks you from the start and doesn’t let you go until the last page; it will leave you breathless, wide-eyed, and in awe of the extraordinary power of fiction,” wrote Amazon Editor Al Woodworth. “McConaghy’s exquisite gift is that she creates characters that you know you shouldn’t trust with your whole heart, but you do anyway. The result is a gutting, magnificent story of the things people will do—or won’t do—for the people and things they care about.”
‘Wild Dark Shore’ by Charlotte McConaghy
In the official synopsis, readers learn that Wild Dark Shore follows a small family (aka the Salts) on a remote island off the shore of Antarctica called Shearwater, whose lives change after a woman mysteriously washes ashore after a storm.
“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,” the description details. “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,” the blurb teases. “And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic [Salt] is keeping his own secrets.”
But as secrets start bubbling to the surface, another major storm starts brewing.
“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,” the description ends.
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