Read Your Shelves 2023 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A Sci-Fi book
Some of my favourite books from the past few years have been Sci-Fi (thank you, Becky Chambers and Ada Palmer!) 
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Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

145 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer

The Will to Battle

Terra Ignota #3

Ada Palmer

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging tense slow-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
Notes from My Captivity by Kathy Parks

Notes from My Captivity

Kathy Parks

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism young adult emotional fast-paced
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

Dan Saladino

464 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

299 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews by Deatra Cohen, Adam Siegel

Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

Deatra Cohen, Adam Siegel

330 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health history nature informative medium-paced
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Once There Were Wolves

Charlotte McConaghy

258 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Fierce Like a Firestorm by Lana Popović

Fierce Like a Firestorm

Hibiscus Daughter #2

Lana Popović

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced