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Dystopian
Fantasy
Unlikable Female Leads
Quick and Easy
Sci-fi
Book Club
Dystopian
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this book. It has stayed with me for years. This bookstagram/booktok sensation deserves all the hype in my opinion. You immediately transported into a different world and then brought along for the journey. Whilst yes, it is sad, i...
I Who Have Never Known Men
Did I like this book? I don’t know. Would
I recommend this book? I don’t know. Do I think about this book a lot yes.
Tender Is the Flesh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Weird, Asian dystopian short stories that had me in tears. This book definitely deserves more coverage. But, it’s definitely not for everyone.
How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel
I think it’s safe to say if you don’t like one of Murata’s books, you probably aren’t gonna like the others. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. You immediately transported for a while with different norms and values, and you get to explore it. It’s a gre...
Life Ceremony: Stories
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of the best, if not, the best dystopian novels I’ve read. Dark, thought provoking and extremely well written. If you enjoy dystopian novels and you’ve not read this one you are missing out.
Parable of the Sower
Fantasy
Member of the Wolfpack. If you’re a fantasy/sci-fi reader that loves a seven book series this is 100% for you. This gets a lot of coverage by male booktokers but my opinion, it’s one for the girls too!
Red Rising
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Like Succession but with magic. I wouldn’t rush to recommend. But a fun, easy, close to reality, fantasy.
Gifted & Talented
Absolutely LOVED the magic system in this super intelligent fantasy odyssey!
Babel: Necessity of Violence - Arcane History
Unlikable Female Leads
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved this short story. R F Kuang is wickedly smart. She makes no attempt to hide it and leans into it, and nor should she!
Yellowface (Reese's Book Club Pick) by R. F. Kuang, Paperback
It is hard to know which section to put this book in. It is both a weird dystopian story and has a unlikable female lead. Like all Murata’s writing, I was left wondering what I had just read. Thoroughly recommend, if yours in to that kind of thing.
Vanishing World
I’m not sure if it’s into dystopian or unlikable female characters. I enjoyed this quick foray into an alternate world.
The Centre: A Novel
Quick and Easy
Really enjoyed this read.
Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel|Paperback
Sci-fi
Super interesting premise, not written as well as it could have been but still worth the read if you like sci fi.
Mickey7
LOVED this collection of short stories. The title story really stands out.
Exhalation: Stories
10 out of 5! If you read sci-fi and haven’t read the expanse, what are you even doing?!? The first books follow the TV series almost identically, but I still read them and love them. After book 5, they start to diverge.
Leviathan Wakes (Expanse Series #1)|Paperback
Book Club
My short lived nature, grief and more bookclub. I made add more that I think would be a good fit for the future.
I loved this book of poetry/short stories. They were moving, thought provoking and grounded in shared human experiences despite being so specific to the author. The book progresses chronologically through the author’s family history, with stories of ...
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss|Paperback
This book is a deep dive into the philosophy, and science of whether animals can’t understand death in their experiences of it. I couldn’t finish it. It was far too heavy and red like an academic journal. But if that’s what you’re looking for maybe t...
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death|Hardcover
On my shelf to be read
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Read with Jenna Pick)|Paperback
Excited to read this for my next book club session!
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom & Science
Bookclub 2023
What our bookclub (est. 2023) is reading
This is super well reviewed for this kind of book - looking forward to jumping in
Dolly All the Time: A GMA Book Club Pick
4 Stars - woof this is one hell of a read (and a fantastic audiobook). It's not for the faint of heart but it is an amazing dystopian take on the prison system. It's violent, emotional, and very creative.
Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel