Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including The Economist, for a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedWeymouth's frame is a real, GPS-tracked wolf named Slavc who walked more than a thousand miles from Slovenia into Italy in 2011 and founded a new pack—an origin story Weymouth then physically retraces on foot through the same mountains. What lifts this above a straightforward nature narrative is his sustained attention to the people already living on that land, whose relationship to reintroduced wolves is tangled up in genuine economic precarity and rural resentment of urban environmental politics.
In the press
“Literary reportage at its best.”
Mark Avery, Mark Avery (Sunday book review)“Weymouth's gift for description, especially of landscapes, is evident on almost every page.”
Mark Nayler, Times Literary Supplement
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist | 0.95 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.81 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.81 → 18 | |||
Similar consensus books
Because they appear on some of the same lists.
Frequently asked
What lists is Lone Wolf on?
Lone Wolf appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including The Economist.
What is its Consensus Score?
Lone Wolf has a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.