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Charlotte McConaghy

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Charlotte McConaghy is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller WILD DARK SHORE, named Amazon’s Best Book of the Year So Far for 2025; as well as the New York Times Bestseller ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, winner of the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2022; and the international bestseller MIGRATIONS, a TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year and the Amazon Best Fiction Book of the Year for 2020.

She started her writing career with a number of SF/F titles for YA readers; MIGRATIONS was her first foray into adult literature.

Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and are being adapted for film and television. She lives in Sydney with her partner and two children.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 366,551 ratings · 54,260 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wild Dark Shore 4.16 avg rating — 156,020 ratings — published 2025 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once There Were Wolves 4.09 avg rating — 110,894 ratings — published 2021 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Migrations 4.12 avg rating — 94,195 ratings — published 2020 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avery (The Chronicles of Kaya #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,764 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thorne (The Chronicles of Kaya, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isadora (The Chronicles of Kaya #3) 4.28 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fury (The Cure, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arrival (Strangers of Paragor, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descent (Strangers of Paragor, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melancholy (The Cure, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Charlotte McConaghy wants to read Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charlotte McConaghy wants to read The Names by Florence Knapp	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charlotte McConaghy wants to read My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charlotte McConaghy wants to read Playground by Richard Powers Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charlotte McConaghy wants to read The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fantasy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Charlotte McConaghy (?)

“It isn’t fair to be the kind of creature who is able to love but unable to stay.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Migrations

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“But here is the nature of life. That we must love things with our whole selves, knowing they will die.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore

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“There are languages without words and violence is one of them.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves

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Polls

What book would you like to read for our April 2023 Group Read? The theme is Habitat.

Watership Down, by Richard Adams
Classics, Childrens, Adventure

26 votes 25.2%

Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
Historical Fiction, Africa

20 votes 19.4%

The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction, Historical Fiction

13 votes 12.6%

Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
Dystopia, Science Fiction

10 votes 9.7%

Once There Were Wolves, by Charlotte McConaghy
Contemporary, Mystery

9 votes 8.7%

The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
Science Fiction, Humour

7 votes 6.8%

Where the Heart Is, by Billie Letts
Chick Lit, Romance

6 votes 5.8%

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong
Nonfiction, Nature

4 votes 3.9%

The High House, by Jessie Greengrass
Dystopia, Science Fiction

4 votes 3.9%

The Cave Dwellers, by Christina McDowell
Literary Fiction

4 votes 3.9%

103 total votes

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