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Track of the Cat
by Nevada Barr
Fleeing New York to find refuge as a ranger in the remote backcountry of West Texas, Anna Pigeon stumbles into a web of violence and murder when fellow park ranger Sheila Drury is mysteriously killed and another ranger vanishes.
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Nowhere to Run
by C. J. Box
Preparing to leave his temporary game warden position in Baggs, Wyoming, Joe Pickett investigates strange attacks on campers and elks in the mountains, a case that is complicated by a missing runner and Joe's growing fears that his job will end for more deadly reasons. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Below Zero.
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Hollow Kingdom
by Kira Jane Buxton
Sensing something is wrong with his owner, a domesticated crow abandons the only life he ever knew to discover that humans are turning into zombies and must use knowledge gleaned from his TV-viewing to save them.
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Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th-century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific and academic communities. By the best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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The New Wilderness
by Diane Cook
A first novel by the author of Man V. Nature finds a desperate mother in a world ravaged by climate change joining a hunter-gatherer initiative to test humanity's capacity to survive in the wilderness without destroying it.
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The river at night
by Erica Ferencik
Struggling with a soul-crushing job, a beloved sibling's death and a divorce, Wini joins her friends on a hiking and rafting trip only to become stranded away from their survival gear and targeted by sinister rescuers who force the women to reconsider their loyalties and secrets.
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Raft of Stars : a novel
by Andrew J. Graff
Fleeing into the woods believing that they have accidentally murdered an abusive parent, two young boys, unaware that they have become the focus of a desperate search, navigate dangerous natural threats in their effort to survive.
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. By the best-selling author of The Nightingale.
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The River
by Peter Heller
On a wilderness canoe trip in Northern Canada, best friends Jack and Wynn find their survival skills and longtime friendship tested by a wildfire, white-water hazards, and two mysterious strangers
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News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, an elderly widower and itinerant news reader, is offered fifty dollars to bring an orphan girl, who was kidnapped and raised by Kiowa raiders, from Wichita Falls back to her family in San Antonio
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The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
In 1959, Nathan Price, a evangelical Baptist who has taken his wife and four daughters on a mission to the Belgian Congo, finds that their traditions are no longer secure in this very different world, in a powerful story set against the backdrop of the Congo's battle for independence from Belgium.
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
by Michael Koryta
After witnessing a murder, a young teen is hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled kids while the killers embark on a methodical quest to reach him
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This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger
Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a life-changing journey marked by struggling farmers, faith healers, and lost souls
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
Pi Patel, a zookeeper's son, sets sail for America with his family, but when the ship sinks, he finds himself lost at sea on a life boat with four animals, which eventually dwindle down to one--a hungry Bengal tiger.
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All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
The winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, this novel tells the story of John Grady Cole, a young Texas rancher who ventures to Mexico in search of excitement.
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The Giver of Stars
by Jojo Moyes
Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships. By the best-selling author of Me Before You.
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
An unflinching frontierswoman riding out the Arizona Territory drought of 1893 finds her life intertwined with that of a former outlaw whose ability to see ghosts has inspired a momentous expedition. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Tiger’s Wife.
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The Last One
by Alexandra Oliva
Participating in an endurance-based reality show that cuts contestants off from society, a woman dubbed "Zoo" by the show's producers stumbles on evidence of a massive destruction of unknown origin and addresses it as a show challenge before realizing that something terrible may be happening in the outside world.
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The Revenant
by Michael Punke
A story of survival on the American frontier chronicles the exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass, who after surviving a grizzly bear attack, undertakes an arduous trek through the wilderness to seek revenge against the trappers who left him for dead.
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The Ruins
by Scott Smith
In Cancun, Mexico, for a peaceful vacation, a group of tourists sets off in search of one of their group who disappeared during an excursion to some nearby Mayan ruins, only to come face to face with an insidious evil that threatens their very lives. By the author of A Simple Plan.
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The Deep
by Rivers Solomon
The historian of the water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slaves thrown overboard by slavers keeps all the memories of her people both painful and miraculous, until she discovers that their future lies in returning to the past.
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All Things Left Wild
by James Wade
Caleb Bentley finds his moral compass and inner courage are tested as he and his older brother flee across the American Southwest after an attempted horse theft goes wrong
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Where the crawdads sing
by Delia Owens
Viewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a tragedy, a beautiful hermit who has survived for years in a marsh becomes targeted by unthinkable forces. A first novel by the New York Times best-selling author of Cry of the Kalahari.
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Migrations
by Charlotte McConaghy
A woman who has dedicated her life to protecting the environment convinces a fishing captain and his salty crew to follow the world's last flock of Arctic terns on a migration of dark revelations. A first novel. 200,000 first printing.
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Force of nature
by Jane Harper
When one member of a five-woman team of co-workers goes missing during a corporate retreat, federal police agent Aaron Falk uncovers dark secrets in his search for the woman, a whistleblower and major contributor to his latest case. By the best-selling author of The Dry.
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