A book that's hopeful about the future

2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

We love climate disaster / dystopia books as much as the next bear, but let's get a lil hope going!

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Perfume & Pain
Anna Dorn

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny fast-paced

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny fast-paced

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 by Michio Kaku, Jaime Green

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
The Best American Science and Nature Writing #2020

Michio Kaku, Jaime Green with Ross Andersen (Contributor), Kelly Clancy (Contributor), Daniel Duane (Contributor), David H. Freedman (Contributor), Rivka Galchen (Contributor), Bahar Gholipour (Contributor), Adam Gopnik (Contributor), Sara Harrison (Contributor), Patrick House (Contributor), Ferris Jabr (Contributor), Sarah Kaplan (Contributor), Adam Mann (Contributor), Deanna Csomo McCool (Contributor), Jon Mooallem (Contributor), Melinda Wenner Moyer (Contributor), Siddhartha Mukherjee (Contributor), Douglas Preston (Contributor), Tim Requarth (Contributor), John Seabrook (Contributor), Joshua Sokol (Contributor), Shannon Stirone (Contributor), Natalie Wolchover (Contributor), Andrew Zaleski (Contributor)

343 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science challenging informative slow-paced

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020

The Best American Science and Nature Writing #2020

Michio Kaku, Jaime Green with Ross Andersen (Contributor), Kelly Clancy (Contributor), Daniel Duane (Contributor), David H. Freedman (Contributor), Rivka Galchen (Contributor), Bahar Gholipour (Contributor), Adam Gopnik (Contributor), Sara Harrison (Contributor), Patrick House (Contributor), Ferris Jabr (Contributor), Sarah Kaplan (Contributor), Adam Mann (Contributor), Deanna Csomo McCool (Contributor), Jon Mooallem (Contributor), Melinda Wenner Moyer (Contributor), Siddhartha Mukherjee (Contributor), Douglas Preston (Contributor), Tim Requarth (Contributor), John Seabrook (Contributor), Joshua Sokol (Contributor), Shannon Stirone (Contributor), Natalie Wolchover (Contributor), Andrew Zaleski (Contributor)

343 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science challenging informative slow-paced

Housemates
Emma Copley Eisenberg

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Housemates

Emma Copley Eisenberg

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Olga Dies Dreaming
Xochitl Gonzalez

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

Olga Dies Dreaming

Xochitl Gonzalez

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Nedra Glover Tawwab

282 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Nedra Glover Tawwab

282 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced

Nine Billion Turing Tests by Chris Willrich

Nine Billion Turing Tests
Chris Willrich

43 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Nine Billion Turing Tests

Chris Willrich

43 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Woman World
Aminder Dhaliwal

259 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction comics science fiction funny lighthearted fast-paced

Woman World

Aminder Dhaliwal

259 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction comics science fiction funny lighthearted fast-paced

Pixels of You
Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh

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

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

Pixels of You

Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh

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

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional reflective fast-paced

Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

Something Wild & Wonderful
Nashville Love #2

Anita Kelly

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Something Wild & Wonderful

Nashville Love #2

Anita Kelly

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell

509 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

509 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced

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