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Prokletstvo Chaliona by Lois McMaster Bujold

Prokletstvo Chaliona

World of the Five Gods #1

Lois McMaster Bujold

500 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

A Desolation Called Peace

Teixcalaan #2

Arkady Martine

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous tense medium-paced
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

A Memory Called Empire

Teixcalaan #1

Arkady Martine

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

225 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

264 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Reticence by Gail Carriger

Reticence

The Custard Protocol #4

Gail Carriger

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous fast-paced
Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

Defy or Defend

Delightfully Deadly #2

Gail Carriger

264 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
nonfiction business self help informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #16

Lois McMaster Bujold

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
fiction romance science fiction adventurous slow-paced
Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd

Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965

Nan Alamilla Boyd

321 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0botanicals's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced