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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

404 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman

Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader

Madeleine Chapman

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
nonfiction biography politics informative reflective slow-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Forces of Nature: The Women Who Changed Science by Leila McNeill, Anna Reser

Forces of Nature: The Women Who Changed Science

Leila McNeill, Anna Reser

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
nonfiction biography history science technology informative inspiring medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Six of Crows #1

Leigh Bardugo

465 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0luisa_joy's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced