Books

Tanyo Ravicz documents everything from the dramatic to the mundane to explain the perceptions around wilderness living.

Peter Dunlap-Shohl, the longtime cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News, turns his pen to Alaska’s atomic history and how it intertwines with his own.

Authors Christine Cunningham and Steve Meyer consider our connections to land, wildlife, dogs and each other in this collection of essays.

Juneau author Kate Troll traces the “Troll Tribe” history in an attempt to uncover and understand.

The book, initially published in 1992, details the challenges that faced Army crews as they pushed through little-traveled territory to build the highway.

Author Bil Paul drew from 290 sources to detail the stories in the book, which is organized by subject matter and not a chronological narrative.

His debut novel “Secondhand Summer” was drawn from his family’s move to Anchorage, while “Coming Home” conveys tumult in both Alaska and America.

Author Kristen Jokinen and her husband went from Alaska to Argentina, providing an adventure that rendered a memorable narrative.

Author Tele Aadsen, who worked on trollers since she was a kid, brings decades of experience to the the stories she tells.

As a young woman, Hill spent a year in the village of Tatitlek. Despite warnings of how she may be received in the state, she left with “pure raw possibility and hope.”

With his new book “Northbound Heart,” the songwriter has collected poems, essays and stories from his two decades touring Alaska and elsewhere.

In “Many Things Under a Rock,” APU marine biology professor David Scheel shares his enthusiasm about the complex lives of octopuses and the many mysteries surrounding them.

Author Donald Proffit documents his journey to Alaska as a conscientious objector and his experiences as a young gay man in a state that was itself on the cusp of adulthood.

Lily H. Tuzroyluke’s “Sivulliq: Ancestor” was chosen as Alaska’s selection for adults while Michaela Goade’s “Berry Song” is the selected book for youths.

Mostly authored by Alaskans, the selections include a collection of sonnets and a book of 54 poems that each have 54 syllables.

“I didn’t go to my graduation ceremony,” said Crestodina, the author and illustrator behind “Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft.” “I went to Sitka instead. And I’ve been fishing ever since.”

Historian Andrea Geiger examines how Alaska’s borderland position, both legal and historic, has sometimes turned Indigenous residents into foreigners on their own lands, contained by borders not of their making.

Beth Ann Mathews captures in both broad strokes and fine detail the fluctuations of life and family upheaval in Southeast Alaska.

From novels to nonfiction and memoirs to manga, here are some reading options for the summer.

“Polar Exposure” tells the story of the Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition, which brought a team of women to the top of the world in 2018.

McCarthy, raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, was compared to William Faulkner for his Old Testament style and rural settings.

After her daughter was born with a virus known as cytomegalovirus, Megan Nix became an expert, an advocate and, eventually, an author.

While the novel revolves around the pursuit of a highly sought-after amulet, the personal connections and progressions drive the story.