Books like Cold Earth by Sarah Moss

After graduating college, journalist Jon Krakauer traces the true story of Christopher McCandless, a young adventurer who abandoned possessions, took the name Alexander Supertramp, and ventured into Alaska’s wilderness, where he met his untimely death.

A sweeping narrative of diverse characters linked by trees, exploring how they learn to see the hidden world of forests and join a fight to preserve the last virgin woodlands.

In Dickens’s sweeping novel, the protracted Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in the Court of Chancery pulls together a disparate cast— from heirs torn by legal costs to a mysterious ward, a cunning lawyer, and a destitute street sweeper— exposing London’s social decay.

A brutal 19th‑century Yorkshire whaler, The Volunteer, sails to the Arctic, where harpooner Henry Drax clashes with ex‑army surgeon Patrick Sumner, the ship’s medic, in a violent, ill‑fated adventure.

Chronicles Ruby's life from 1951 to 1992 in first‑person chapters, interspersed with flashbacks from her family’s female members, revealing England’s domestic landscape across decades.

After a decade away, Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney’s Outrun sheep farm to confront her past and embark on recovery, finding solace in cold sea swims, wildlife observations, and evening stargazing.

Pat Barker reimagines the final days of the Trojan War through the eyes of Briseis, the captured concubine of Achilles, revealing the voices of the women walled in the Greek camp.

A spoiled 15‑year‑old railroad heir learns humility and resilience when he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and forced to work aboard a North Atlantic fishing schooner.

Former Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his drought‑hit hometown to attend the funeral of his best friend Luke and unwittingly rekindles a decades‑old mystery of murder, false alibis, and buried secrets.

In 1920s Alaska, Jack and Mabel, striving to start a homestead, encounter a mysterious snow girl who disappears after the first snowfall, leaving behind faint tracks and a lingering sense of wonder.

During a Shetland winter flood, Jimmy Perez discovers a body and becomes obsessed with uncovering the victim’s identity and death.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

When best friend Henry disappears, 12‑year‑old Daisy is left with a cryptic note and a mystery to solve. With courage and friendship she embarks on an adventure to find him, discovering adventure, love, and survival along the way.

James Blish’s eerie expedition to the North Pole follows science writer Julian Cole as he encounters eccentric companions—Farmsworth, his wife, Dr. Wentz, and albino Elvers—against the backdrop of the 1957–58 International Geophysical Year.

Sir Edward Leithen, given a year to live, embarks on a last mission to restore a young Canadian banker, Galliard, to health—journeying through the harsh Arctic in search of the mythical River of the Sick Heart, an experience that heals both men.

331 pages ; 20 cm

Our Woman, Jimmy, and a son's enlistment in the Afghan war lead to an odyssey of grief and longing.