Read Alike Suggestion from the Bethel Library

Here are some read a like suggestions from the Bethel Library: 

If you liked

Wild Dark Shore by  Charlotte McConaghy

Try Twist by Colum McCann

These novels share something powerful: a raw exploration of grief, survival, and the fragile beauty of human connection.

Neither book is interested in neat endings. Wild Dark Shore asks what it means to fight for a vanishing world when your own interior landscape is already fractured. It explores motherhood, guilt, and love in a way that’s as morally complex as it is heartfelt.

Twist also resists simplicity. McCann raises questions about identity, home, belonging, and history without offering resolution. Instead, both novels suggest that truth is not singular—and that healing may come not from answers, but from endurance.

Wild Dark Shore and Twist are wildly different, yet they echo each other in the best ways. If you’re drawn to fiction that’s emotionally fearless, environmentally conscious, and gorgeously written—these two are must-reads.