Random House

Gregory Crouch's memoir of climbing in Patagonia's granite towers — Cerro Torre, Fitz Roy, and the rest of the Chaltén massif. Wind, ice, and vertical rock described with the intensity of someone who spent years getting beaten down by all three.

Running as a way of processing grief, motherhood, and wildness — trails in New Mexico, ultramarathons, and the discovery that forward motion is its own form of prayer.