This book is a good choice for people who are interested in space exploration history, or in the history of women in the sciences more generally.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
The story’s concept is fairly straightforward — animals take control of a farm, must figure out how to run it, and experience a series of sociopolitical upheavals.
Continue readingThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The stakes are high, the consequences of missteps are catastrophic, and no one is quite sure of the motivations of the other players in the game. This all adds up to a nail-biting story of non-stop action from first to last page.
Continue readingFairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W.B. Yeats
This is a good choice for readers who have an interest in the history or mythology of the Irish Celts, or an interest in stories of the fair folk or witchcraft more broadly.
Continue readingLetters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Elinore’s varied experiences are told with an engaging combination of reverence for nature, care for her occasionally exasperating neighbors, and just a simple appreciation of a good fun time whenever it can be had.
Continue readingKindred by Octavia E. Butler
I would recommend this book to folks who enjoy time travel sci-fi or portal fantasy, of course, but also to people who have an interest in historical fiction set in pre- Civil War America from the point of view of someone other than Scarlett O’Hara.
Continue readingThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
I think based on my experiences with the genre so far, it’s safe to say that early-20th century crime fiction is just not my thing.
Continue readingThe Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton
I think this is a pretty good intro book for Westerns, if you want to give the genre a try but don’t necessarily want to devote hours and hours and hours of your life to something as epic as Lonesome Dove.
Continue readingThe Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
I would recommend this book to just about anybody with even a passing interest in the ocean or ocean-adjacent nature topics. Outdated science aside, the prose is simply too exquisite to pass up.
Continue readingNight by Elie Wiesel
This isn’t the kind of book you like. But it is the kind of book that you can’t forget.
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