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
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
A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

A Magical Girl Retires

Park Seolyeon

176 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ hopeful reflective fast-paced
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot

Sierra Greer

231 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction thriller dark reflective tense medium-paced
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

The People We Keep

Allison Larkin

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Michelle Obama

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Maggie Smith

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

That Summer Feeling

Bridget Morrissey

324 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle

The Museum of Ordinary People

Mike Gayle

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced