Up Next: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

From Writers Who Read by Gary Alan McBride

January 11, 2026 · 4 min

About this episode

The episode analyzes 'The God of the Woods' by Liz Moore, exploring its themes of mystery and family dynamics.

Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. A summer camp in upstate NY is the setting for a multi-generational literary thriller that weaves multiple decades of events from the lives of the Van Laar family into a compelling mystery. What happened to Barbara? What happened to Bear, decades before, and how are these disappearances related? It will ultimately take a fresh pair of eyes to look past the family and community ties to reveal the tragedy underneath the high gloss of wealth and privilege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gary Alan McBride

Topics covered

literary thriller
multi-generational story
mystery
family dynamics
disappearances

Keywords

The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
literary thriller
mystery
family
disappearances
upstate NY

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: The God of the Woods

Places: upstate NY