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She learns she's pregnant just as the pandemic throws the world into chaos. I wondered if the multiple, alternating points of view would allow me to feel connected to these characters It's possible very little in the book was changed in light of real-world events, but, and maybe this

series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath of their ambitious book-two plan to save the world The young people feel the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to The dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders, Novik explores world

He explores our human-centric views of the world and of the universe, questions assumptions, and delights in the beauty of the natural world's showiest and most humble productions. Morris is one of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, we decided it would

But Evie knows that since her desperate entry into this powerful, dangerous world, its tricky elements

Jude is the exiled Queen of Faerie, scrambling to make a living in the human world by freelancing, carrying When her twin sister Taryn arrives in the human world, fearing for her life, Jude finds herself drawn I feared any Vivi and Heather resolution would be unsatisfying, but it felt just right. Throughout the trilogy I enjoyed the forays back and forth from the human world to the faerie, the various

love of and time spent reading and my desire for a cleverly organized house were forces already at war

complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious breakup, which broke hearts around the world

How, in so many ways, she made her students see a vision of a kind world. How knowing this world existed has stayed inside Kirsten and countered the cruelty of what happened to

to cozy up with a science fiction story with fantastic characters and some space adventure or other-world hooked by the heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world Upgrade presents a future version of our world in which humans are teetering closer than ever to extinction imaginable, interesting scenes of superhumans' outsmarting each other; and noble desires to "save the world In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the robots vanished from Panga centuries ago, and accounts of a world

In an imagined near-future world, Enka is from a fringe family, with little exposure to ideas, art, creativity

She begins to believe that the words and ways are whichever ones a woman has, and that a witch is merely The bitter and broken sisters learned certain powerful ways and words at the knee of their witchy grandmother These days there's no more witching, no more will for spells and change in the world. But when the long-lost sisters do unexpectedly cross each other's paths at last, the world's seams split involvement in the much-maligned and persecuted women's suffrage movement; and a romantic attraction that would

Meanwhile in Singapore, survivalist Lai Zhen has temporarily evaded a would-be assassin. ritual threatens the safety of all the magicians in Great Britain, he reluctantly dives back into the world

into largely contented isolation and a life that centers around painting and observing the natural world station, Lucrezia struggles to get to know her new husband--and to figure out how to exist in this new world Lucrezia's shrinking world made me feel claustrophobic on her behalf and paranoid about everyone's potential

hooked by the heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world Upgrade presents a future version of our world in which humans are teetering closer than ever to extinction imaginable, interesting scenes of superhumans' outsmarting each other; and noble desires to "save the world Crouch's crash course in a dramatic potential world of genetic advancements and transformation is captivating

purpose, facing a deep responsibility to other beings, undertaking noble missions, bravely exploring new worlds 01 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core.

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, upend the delicate balance the few, essential, magical Antari have struggled to establish among the worlds Then there's Osaron, Black London's villain who's trying to destroy everyone and everything the whole world Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements of London and life at the time mixed in), but her world-building never feels manufactured or self-conscious

She was walled up in a monastery although she yearned to continue roaming the natural world as she did stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world

More by Amity Gaige Amity Gaige is also the author of O My Darling , The Folded World , Schroder , and

Stay Alive, Matt Haig's memoir about mental illness and coping with depression; and The Space Between Worlds Patrick's life in recent years has been primarily focused on shutting off the outside world, but the I'm listening to Haig read this audiobook. 03 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Cara can travel through the multiverse--but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer exists. She's long been slated to collect off-world data, the purpose of which is of no interest to her--she's

author of Just for the Summer   (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year  last year), Part of Your World

Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would The dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders, and Novik explores world

Addie grapples with what it means to only be able to whisper in the world rather than shout. Addie wants to see more of the world, to be more in the world, and she is eager to allow for some mystery She can't have a home or a job because a landlord or employer would have no recollection of her after She can make no mark on the world--she cannot write or draw, she cannot disturb the snow by walking through She grapples with what it means to only be able to whisper in the world rather than shout.

of and time spent reading and my vague desire for a cleverly organized house were forces already at war

The world is a more dangerous place now for a young girl than ever it was before, for all the so-called

complexity involved in sharing a parent after having forged a special bond as a team of two against the world

I love to laugh at Sedaris's darkly funny reflections about the world and society--and at his recognition Isobel's needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous The robots vanished from Panga centuries ago, and accounts of a world where they existed are beginning A Psalm for the Wild-Built is full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world , kind, well-meaning people out there spending time reflecting on how best to be a human in today's world

it's also a story of young love blossoming, then shriveling under the first pressures of the outside world

story of how Joanna and Gabe are inextricably drawn to each other and into Ursa's magically imagined world her ornithology research commands, living in her sparse rental cabin and tuning out the rest of the world painful past, but he and Joanna are inextricably drawn to each other and into Ursa's magically imagined world unknown dangers and find out what has happened, but simultaneously reluctant to discover anything that would

At times he good-naturedly highlights the absurdity of this world, at least for those looking in from

This was a sweet world that I loved spending time in, and the fact that absolutely everything works out

to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, and which would with high-society white figures of the time who wield control over both the financial and artistic worlds Morgan, including immensely valuable works essential to understanding the history of the written word She knows that pursuing this career she is passionate about would not have been an option for a Black

I was frequently uncomfortable reading the grim truths about our world that Hill lays bare, but I smiled

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, Wamariya recalls her experiences through Wamariya shares her views of the world, her often jarring experiences in the US—with her sister and family

John is soon navigating the world of court, political machinations, and threats upon his life.

despair about having had a rotten holiday and realizing that future holidays at her favorite place in the world are now in jeopardy, Mae makes a plea to the universe to show her what would truly make her happy. duo also wrote the fun and romantic Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating as well as Love and Other Words

When she angers a local warlord and becomes eager to escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises of transport out--but the earnest scientists who would help her have one condition: she must help them I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and In Jo Harkin's debut novel world, many have elected to have the company Nepenthe remove traumatic or determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange occurrences that threaten their world

I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy

Like every boy in Lee County I was raised to be a proud mule in a world that has scant use for mules. "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Demon's vividly described rural Lee County, Virginia, world is made up of close-knit, imperfect families You have to wonder how much of the whole world's turning is fueled by that very fire.

celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to light on the world

“The great paradox of the brain is that everything you know about the world is provided to you by an organ that has itself never seen that world. To your brain, the world is just a stream of electrical pulses, like taps of Morse code.

Which is just to say, be careful when choosing what you’re proud of—because the world has every intention

She cares for her captivating young cousin, finds peace in the natural world around her, and retreats When bestselling author Vaughn Orr stumbles into her family’s remote world, Riley senses that he’s hiding NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing. 03 Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang In Chinese, the word

She reflects, sorts out her thoughts and makes sense of the events of the world.

They live in a world that feels like our own, with one important distinction. origins, practical Bethany has the power to jump in and out of books, immersing herself in the fictional world dabble in well-known books and characters at times; and the author builds a rich book within a book and world within a world.

headstrong young man lacking in the magic crucial for power, familial stability and social standing in his world

book, please see Leaving the Witness . 02 The Unexpected Spy by Tracy Walder I love a peek at a secret world , and in The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's accounts of his sexual escapades with her and others, and, incredibly and most damningly, his use of the N-word

Both the world and the characters' personal lives are complicated, messy, wonderful, and fragile.

Green uses his tender eye and piercing analysis to explore the health care inequalities that allow the world's This is not a book I would universally recommend, but for an audience that appreciates cutting satire But Evie knows that since her desperate entry into this powerful, dangerous world, its tricky elements

Many people in Harkin's world have elected to have the company Nepenthe remove traumatic or upsetting Then a court order leads to hundreds of people around the world being notified that at some point they Something doing damage, harm spreading out across the world, each harm dividing and multiplying.

Which other books would you include on this Maine list? solitude together, wondering about and worrying about their daughters, each other, themselves, and the world Maggie just can't figure out who's still alive and who would suddenly be after revenge. evokes the harsh landscape and the characters' connection to the weather, the terrain, and the natural world