The Global Book Nook's 2023 Worldly Challenge - hosted by ashybear02

May
**International Midwives Day:** read a book where a character is a midwife
**National Barrier Awareness Day:** read a book where a character faces a barrier or miscommunication about their disability
**National Space Day:** read a nonfiction book about space or a fictional book set in space
**Relationship Renewal Day:** read a book where a couple reconnects
All books added
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Winter's Orbit

The Resolution Universe #1

Everina Maxwell

432 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional medium-paced
One for All by Lillie Lainoff

One for All

Lillie Lainoff

389 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Natalia Sylvester

346 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Skyward

Skyward #1

Brandon Sanderson

513 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous funny medium-paced
The Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble

The Mermaid's Sister

Carrie Anne Noble

236 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction fantasy young adult mysterious slow-paced
Catching Babies: A Midwife's Tale by Sheena Byrom

Catching Babies: A Midwife's Tale

Sheena Byrom

320 pages • 2011

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert

Chapterhouse: Dune

Dune #6

Frank Herbert

609 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Darkness Outside Us

The Darkness Outside Us #1

Eliot Schrefer

397 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced