H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
Jul 2025 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Helen Macdonald
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The award-winning, New York Times bestselling international sensation hailed as an “instant classic” (Dwight Garner).
One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century
One of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year
One of Slate’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years
ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including Time (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, Oprah Daily (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle (Top 10), The Miami Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Top 10), Library Journal (Top 10), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Slate, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot
The instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of people worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel’s temperament mirrors Helen’s own state of grief after her father’s death, and together raptor and human “discover the pain and beauty of being alive” (People). H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.
One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century
One of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year
One of Slate’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years
ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including Time (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, Oprah Daily (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle (Top 10), The Miami Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Top 10), Library Journal (Top 10), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Slate, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot
The instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of people worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel’s temperament mirrors Helen’s own state of grief after her father’s death, and together raptor and human “discover the pain and beauty of being alive” (People). H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.
The award-winning, New York Times bestselling international sensation hailed as an “instant classic” (Dwight Garner).
One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century
One of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of t...
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About the author
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, and naturalist, and an affiliated research scholar at the department of history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the bestselling H Is for Hawk, as well as a cultural history of falcons, titled Falcon, and three collections of poetry, including Shaler’s Fish. Macdonald was a research fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, has worked as a professional falconer, and has assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. She now writes for TheNew York Times Magazine. Find her on X at @HelenJMacdonald.
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, and naturalist, and an affiliated research scholar at the department of history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the bestselling H Is for Hawk, as well as a cultural history of falcons, titled Falcon, an...
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