"It wouldn't be mid-to-late December without a series of "best of" articles coming out from every outlet that covers culture-and who am I to buck that trend? I get to read dozens of books every year for Jezebel, and I'm here to put all that reading to use by doing one of my favorite things: recommending books. But there are too many books-and I am but one, part-time reader-for me to do a broader "best of" list,"
"A woman washes ashore on the beach of a remote island in the southern Pacific, where a seed vault stores specimens of millions of species in cold storage deep underground. The island's tiny population-its caretaker, Dominic Salt, and his three children-now have to figure out why she's there, and what to do with her. The island's unique plant and animal population are already facing the brutal effects of climate change (in this already fairly brutal landscape),"
Many outlets publish year-end "best of" lists. The recommendations are narrowed into five hyper-specific literary fiction categories: best climate fiction, best historical fiction, best rom-com, best cerebral novel, and the novel most suited for an HBO miniseries. Wild Dark Shore centers on a woman who washes ashore on a remote southern Pacific island that houses a deep underground seed vault preserving millions of species. The island's tiny population—caretaker Dominic Salt and his three children—must determine why she arrived and what to do with her. The island's flora and fauna already suffer severe climate impacts, and the newcomer reveals her Australian home was recently destroyed by worsening fires, placing the novel's catastrophe in the present.
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