Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018)

Rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunt a quiet town on the coast of North Carolina. In late 1969, the handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, and the town points to Kya Clark, the supposed Marsh Girl. However, Kya is a deeply intelligent, sensitive woman who survived for years alone in the marsh she calls home—when the unthinkable happens, she must navigate what to do in the wake of tragedy.

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