Book description
Sarah Waters meets The Terror in this twisty, chilling historical polar gothic for fans of Michelle Paver and Emma Stonex.
'True Gothic: twisty, unreliable, and full of forbidden joys ... a brilliantly queer, brilliantly playful successor to The Terror' NATASHA PULLEY, bestselling author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET
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1 author picked The White North Has Thy Bones as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
White North was one of my most anticipated reads for 2026. I love nautical stories wrapped in mystery so I knew this book was going to hit all the right notes for me. I am also weirdly fascinated with the doomed Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest passage and this book has direct tie-ins to that.
There were several moments in this book where I was so floored that I had to stare at the wall in silence for a few minutes. The twists and turns took me by surprise every time. I never knew what to expect each…
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