The Groton Public Library is pleased to announce our selected title for the 22nd Anniversary of Groton Reads, our annual community-wide reading event. Our 2026 pick is North Woods by Daniel Mason, and the month of March will feature themed programs and events based on this fantastic book.
A full list of programs and events coming soon!
More About the Book
North Woods by Daniel Mason
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic” (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.
“With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell’s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders.”—San Francisco Chronicle
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Chicago Public Library, The Star Tribune, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Bookreporter.
Read more about this book on Good Reads website.
This book is available to borrow from the GPL now with more copies arriving soon. Pick up a copy at the Circulation Desk! Or place a request:
- Print Book
- Large Print
- Audiobook on CD
- Libby/OverDrive eBook
- Libby eAudiobook
- Or borrow one of our Kobo e-Readers! (It comes pre-loaded with scores of books in addition to Finding Margaret Fuller.)
Join us all month long for events celebrating the book! All programs will be listed on our Events Calendar! Be sure to sign up! (Even if you can't attend, if it is virtual, it will be recorded and you will receive a link to the recording after the event!)
This time-honored event is made possible thanks to the support of the GPL Endowment Trust, community members, and local organizations.
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See a full list of Groton Reads titles from 2005-present.