The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements - hosted by lalu

H - Hydrogen
The first element of the periodic table and the lightest, because it usually only consists of one proton and one electron. Add a neutron and you get an isotope called deuterium (D).
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and also one of the first - 379,000 years after the big bang, when the universe had cooled down a bit, nuclei and electrons started to combine into atoms and most of them where hydrogen.
Sounds all very spacey? Well actually hydrogen is all around and inside us. There's hydrogen in water, sugar, proteins, fats, plastic and in the air.

Suggestions: something lighthearted, the first book in a series, the shortest book you own, a book with water in the title, a book about the big bang, the first book you read on your own as a child, a book with a title that starts with the letter H, ...
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In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield

In Great Waters

Kit Whitfield

401 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous challenging slow-paced
From Now On: Short Comic Tales of The Fantastic by Malachi Ward

From Now On: Short Comic Tales of The Fantastic

Malachi Ward

144 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction comics science fiction adventurous slow-paced
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

The Devil and the Dark Water

Stuart Turton

576 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Tuer le Père by Amélie Nothomb

Tuer le Père

Amélie Nothomb

162 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs

Alpha & Omega

Alpha & Omega #0.5

Patricia Briggs

86 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance science fiction short stories adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Secret Projects #1

Brandon Sanderson

12 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

The Crossing Places

Ruth Galloway #1

Elly Griffiths

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced
Lord Loss by Darren Shan

Lord Loss

The Demonata #1

Darren Shan

233 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror middle grade adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch #1

Ann Leckie

12 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced