Damnation Spring

By Ash Davidson SCRIBNER | $28

You might remember this book from Newsweek’s holiday gift list, where we called it one of the best books we’ve read this year. We stand by it. When an outsider comes to a California logging town asking questions about the water supply and whether it might have something to do with the string of tragedies that have befallen its residents, trouble erupts in the community. Davidson grapples with some of life’s most profound questions with an elegance that is unmatched in modern fiction.