North Woods: A Novel

North Woods by Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason is a sweeping, time-spanning novel that tells the story of a single house in the forests of New England and the many lives—human and nonhuman—that inhabit it across the centuries.

It begins with two young lovers fleeing a Puritan colony to build a humble cabin, which becomes the center of countless intertwined stories: an English soldier turned apple grower, twin sisters facing war and desire, a crime reporter uncovering buried secrets, and even a painter, a con man, and a panther.

Blending history, nature, and the supernatural, Mason creates a richly layered narrative full of love, loss, humor, and wonder. North Woods explores how life, memory, and the natural world endure through time, asking the timeless question: how do we live on, even after we’re gone?