Familiaris

An Oprah's Book Club Pick

By: David Wroblewski

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Paperback | 28 October 2025 | Edition Number 1

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992 Pages

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19.7 x 12.7 x 4.7

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'A story-telling bonfire as enthralling in its pages as it is illuminating of our fragile and complicated humanity. Familiaris is as expansive and enlightening a saga as has ever been written' Tom Hanks

'An epic novel... brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship and living your life's true purpose' Oprah Winfrey

Spring 1919, and John Sawtelle's imagination has got him into trouble...again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin's north woods, where they hope to make a fresh start - and to live a life of meaning, purpose, and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friends - human, animal, and otherworldly - to realise their dreams.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog training program, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.

PRAISE FOR FAMILIARIS

'An American tour de force' Colum McCann

'Impossibly wise, impossibly ambitious, impossibly beautiful' Richard Russo

Industry Reviews

[A] most enchanting debut novel. A great, big, mesmerising read. Pick up this book and expect to feel very, very reluctant to put it down - New York Times, praise for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

I read it last summer and I could not stop - Audrey Niffenegger, Guardian (Books of the Year), praise for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

A big-hearted novel you can fall into, get lost in and finally emerge from reluctantly - Washington Post, praise for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

I flat-out loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - Stephen King

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