Erin Byers Murray -- Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm

In 2009, Murray ditched her pampered city-girl lifestyle and convinced the rowdy and mostly male crew at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury to let a completely unprepared, aquaculture-illiterate food and lifestyle writer work for them for 12 months to learn the business of oysters. Shucked is part love letter, part memoir and part documentary about the world’s most beloved bivalves. This is a book for oyster lovers everywhere, but also a great read for locavores and foodies in general.