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The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves

The Scholomance #3

Naomi Novik

407 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

432 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

Elaine F. Weiss

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction feminism history politics sad slow-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

116 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Wayfarers #3

Becky Chambers

358 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction science fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Wayfarers #2

Becky Chambers

365 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

518 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction business history informative 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

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

354 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced