Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
A slim, sinister little book that feels alive in your hands, about an expedition that goes awry, where we are reminded that nature trumps humankind every single time.
Euphoria by Lily King
Three anthropologists form a circumstantial relationship while studying tribes in the jungle of New Guinea in the 1930s - this is early Lily King at her best.
Lanny by Max Porter
You can practically smell the wet earth while reading this novel about a small English hamlet where a young boy goes missing — with an old-growth forest spirit to blame.
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
It’s guerrilla gardeners against billionaires in this beautifully-written tome, which offers up plenty of class commentary and an electric plot you can’t look away from.
