Where the Crawdads Sing

Lauded nature writer Delia Owens penned this beautiful first foray into fiction. There’s a little bit of everything — it’s a survival story, and a mystery, and a romance — and altogether, it makes a powerful package. Reese Witherspoon selected it for her book club and is set to produce a movie adaptation.

The Overstory

The 2019 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Richard Power’s astonishing novel explores human follies and fates from the perspective of the trees that nourish and surround human life.