The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
Anthony Award for Best Novel · 2025 · WinnerEdgar Award (Best Novel) · 2025 · ShortlistAnthony Award for Best Novel · 2024 · ShortlistGoodreads Choice Awards for Mystery & Thriller · 2024 · WinnerAnthony Award for Best Novel · 2021 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2025 | Winner |
| Edgar Award (Best Novel) | 2025 | Shortlist |
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Goodreads Choice Awards for Mystery & Thriller | 2024 | Winner |
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2021 | Shortlist |
About This Book
In 1975, a thirteen-year-old girl goes missing from an Adirondack summer camp—the same camp where her brother vanished decades earlier. A sweeping multigenerational mystery spanning fifty years of family secrets, wilderness, and the corruption that hides in plain sight. Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller 2024.
About the Author
Liz Moore is an American literary fiction and crime fiction author known for her atmospheric, character-driven novels. She is a professor of creative writing and her work has been praised for its literary precision alongside the propulsive qualities of genre fiction. Moore's novels include Heft, The Unseen World, Long Bright River, and The God of the Woods. Read more →
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