2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

A book that's hopeful about the future
We love climate disaster / dystopia books as much as the next  bear, but let's get a lil hope going!
All books added
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman's Walk In The Wild To Find Her Way Home by Katherine May

The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman's Walk In The Wild To Find Her Way Home

Katherine May

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez

341 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Knife by Salman Rushdie

Knife

Salman Rushdie

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Green Ideas #1

Greta Thunberg

106 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Sourdough

Robin Sloan

6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Pet

PET #1

Akwaeke Emezi

203 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

Ready or Not

Cara Bastone

378 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced