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Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
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spinnytea,

@Likewise @bookstodon A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

limebar,
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Finally read The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.

So so good.

dneto,
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"Titanium Noir", Nick Harkaway

Arlenecw,
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@Likewise @bookstodon North Woods! May end up being my favorite of the year. Written by Daniel Mason.

rhiannongrant,
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@Likewise @bookstodon A few of my top picks for the year, in the order I read them:

  • Juliet Takes A Breath, Gabby Rivera
  • Frankenstein In Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi (trans. Jonathan Wright)
  • Pet, Akwaeke Emezi
  • The Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison
  • The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng
  • Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
benetnasch,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Qoheleth by Madison Scott-Clary.

RoseRaven,
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Gideon the 9nth by Tamsyn Muir

RoseRaven,
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@Likewise @bookstodon

And a resounding "yes! This!" To the murderbot series recommend

MarianHellema,
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I'll add The Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

FrootLoops,

@Likewise Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Not exactly an uplifting book but a well written, fictionalized retelling of life in the USSR during WWII.

iamgaarden,
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@Likewise @bookstodon
The Will Of The Many by James Islington, a book I think more people should read. I was really (blissfully) shook by the ending.

And if you don't mind a rule-breaker (me) I want to add The Actual Star by Monica Byrne to the pile. It's one of those spec fic books that makes you a bit philosophical while reading it.

Starry1086,

@Likewise @bookstodon Saint Death's Daughter by C.S.E Cooney.

Jennifer,
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@Likewise @bookstodon the Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow

SallyStrange,
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@Likewise @bookstodon These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

baf,

@Likewise @bookstodon Juli Zeh: Übermenschen

sarahmatthews,
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@Likewise @bookstodon I’ve read so many great ones! Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan and Less by Andrew Sean Greer were definitely fiction highlights. And Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson for non-fiction

aquila1nz,
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@Likewise @bookstodon To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott and Menewood by Nicola Griffith - both sequels. A Half Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys. Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley.

Lionesslady,

@Likewise @bookstodon I quite liked The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. Also The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell. Both unusual and engaging reads, imo.

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@Lionesslady @bookstodon Nice and thanks for writing

kimlockhartga,
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@Lionesslady @Likewise @bookstodon Natasha Pulley is so underread. The Kingdoms is spectacular.

PedalHoppy,
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@kimlockhartga @Lionesslady @Likewise @bookstodon Everything at my library has a waiting list but now I am on it. Thanks.

Lionesslady,

@kimlockhartga @Likewise @bookstodon it's definitely not a quick read, or a light one. But it's very engaging.

enno,
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@Likewise @bookstodon The Trial of Henry Kissinger, by Christopher Hitchens.

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@enno @bookstodon Added to the list!

Hawaii,
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@Likewise @bookstodon I'd ad The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz, and The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford.

golgaloth,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki

Or Murderbot. Always recommend Murderbot.

DrSuzanne,
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@bookstodon @Likewise I just finished The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow. If you like women taking their power back, then you’ll like this.

patl,
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@bookstodon @Likewise

My most favorite 5-star reads of 2023:

  • Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
  • A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
  • The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
  • Listen to the Land Speak by Manchán Magan
MichiganPal,

@bookstodon @Likewise @patl One of my favorite books of this year so far is "Anatomy of a Song". It describes the origins and recording of almost 50 years of pop, rock, and soul songs.

ronsboy67,
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@Likewise @bookstodon "Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces" by Laurie Winkless - popsci done perfectly

Cara,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi- pure fun.

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@Cara @bookstodon Thanks for sharing.

deborahrosereeves,
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@Likewise @bookstodon “The Night Watchman” and “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich

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