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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

A Memory Called Empire

Teixcalaan #1

Arkady Martine

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod

Beyond the Hallowed Sky

Lightspeed Trilogy #1

Ken MacLeod

10 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

656 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
nonfiction history religion reflective slow-paced
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn

Islands of Abandonment

Cal Flyn

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0broonie's review
nonfiction essays nature hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis

Nina Simone's Gum

Warren Ellis

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
nonfiction biography memoir music emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Death's End by Cixin Liu

Death's End

Remembrance of Earth's Past #3

Cixin Liu

604 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

Anno Dracula

Anno Dracula #1

Kim Newman

547 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark medium-paced
Halting State by Charles Stross

Halting State

Halting State #1

Charles Stross

324 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh

Rat Girl

Kristin Hersh

319 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0broonie's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional funny reflective medium-paced