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Earth
We call this pale blue dot home. Earth is the third planet from the sun and (so far) the only place in the universe that has life. Earth has an axial tilt of about 23º, which causes the seasons! Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets. The Earth is not flat and its spherical shape has been known since Ancient Greece! Earth (in English) is the only planet not named after a Greek/Roman god.

Suggestions: Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot, a book about the environment, a book about humanity, about the ocean, a book on the history of life, a biology textbook, a geology textbook, (jk don't put your textbooks in this), ...
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South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion

South and West: From a Notebook

Joan Didion

160 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir travel challenging reflective slow-paced
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

491 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

The Carls #1

Hank Green

343 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

268 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

354 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients by Adam Kay

Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

Adam Kay

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Cercul mincinoșilor by Jean-Claude Carrière, Brândușa Prelipceanu
Cercul mincinoșilor
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Jean-Claude Carrière, Brândușa Prelipceanu

Cercul mincinoșilor

Jean-Claude Carrière, Brândușa Prelipceanu

440 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction philosophy short stories reflective medium-paced
Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again by Lucy Siegle

Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again

Lucy Siegle

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative medium-paced
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

381 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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