Wild Dark Shore is a New York Times bestselling novel by Charlotte McConaghy, published by Flatiron Books in March 2025. The story follows Dominic Salt and his three children, who are the final caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny isolated island near Antarctica that houses the world's largest seed bank. During an unprecedented storm, a mysterious woman named Rowan washes ashore, disrupting their solitary existence.

As the Salts nurse Rowan back to health, they begin to hope she might fill the void left by their isolation. However, Rowan harbors secrets about why she sought out Shearwater, and she soon discovers that Dominic has his own hidden truths, including sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave. As storms intensify around the island, the family and their unexpected guest must decide whether they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seed collection and forge a new future together.

This Reese's Book Club Pick was named Amazon's Best Book of the Year So Far for 2025 and received critical acclaim from NPR, TIME, USA Today, The Economist, and numerous other publications. The novel blends literary fiction with thriller elements, featuring Charlotte McConaghy's signature lyrical prose and vivid nature writing. With 320 pages of breathtaking twists and emotional depth, Wild Dark Shore explores themes of love, loss, climate change, grief, sacrifice, and the impossible choices we make to protect those we love as the world around us disappears.