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My favorite book recs
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items Some of my recent and past reads and why I love them.
One of the most beautifully written books I've read in a long time. Kimmerer weaves indigenous understanding, scientific knowledge, and memoir together in a way that brings the message alive. You'll want to break free from taking and dive into the "g...
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the ...
If you haven't read this yet, what are you waiting for? Atwood borrows from real-world instances of oppression to create a horrifying world built on oppressing women in ways that would make anyone rage. In a world where climate change has rendered mo...
The Handmaid's Tale: Atwood, Margaret
We follow 18 year old Lauren Olamina's life in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by unfettered climate change. When her home is no longer safe, she sets out in a pilgrimage to the north to start a new life. Along the dangerous trek, her community grow...
Parable of the Sower | Hardcover by Octavia Butler
The sequel to Parable of the Sower, Talents catches up with Lauren Olamina's daughter who has been separated from her mother for most of her life. Lauren's dedication to Earthseed drove a wedge between her and many others in her life. Now, her daught...
Parable of the Talents | Hardcover by Octavia Butler
A chilling study of ten men who live in Germany during the rise of fascism. It explores how complicity made way for the atrocities that took place during the holocaust. Learn through interviews with these men what leads ordinary men to become Nazis.
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 | Paperback by Milton Mayer, Richard J. Evans
"You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith. This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're modern idiots." I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I read this to see what T. Swift was referencing in TTPD. Just Kids is Patti Smith's recounting of her lifelong rel...
Just Kids | Paperback by Patti Smith
A fictional story about starlet Evelyn Hugo's life, including all seven of her husbands. What we learn is Evelyn lived a secret life, keeping her true love hidden all those years. Now nearing the end of her life, she reaches out to a burgeoning journ...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Paperback by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I have told so many people about this book because I love it so much.
It flips Charles Dickens' book, David Copperfield, into a modern tale, taking the reader through the life of Damon "Demon" Copperhead. As a child born into poverty in rural Appal...
Demon Copperhead (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - Barnes & Noble
Did you know that after WWII America recruited prominent Nazi scientists, engineers, and technicians to the U.S. in an effort to prevent the Soviet Union from obtaining, what they saw, as crucial technology? This movement was called Operation Papercl...
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America|Hardcover
I enjoyed this book's exploration of how language influences human behavior, specifically in terms of cults.
Have you ever noticed how your friend who has fallen victim to the latest MLM has started to sound like a member of Heaven's Gate? While I'...
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism|Hardcover
This one literally had my jaw dropping more times than I can count. I mean, we all sort of knew Facebook, excuse me, Meta was evil, but this laid so much out.
From the weird airplane-bed-sharing-with-co-workers of our favorite Lean In author, to the...
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism|Hardcover
This story follows 40 women who live caged and guarded with no recollection of how they got there, few with only cloudy memories of a life before their imprisonment.
One, the youngest, has never known anything outside of her entrapment. Forced only...
I Who Have Never Known Men|Hardcover
You have to read this before the theatrical release!
Learn about when Haymitch was reaped for the Hunger Games. His story gives you a clear understanding of how he ended up an alcoholic bound and determined to drown out the pain.
Your heart will b...
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)|BN Exclusive