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

September
**Dear Diary Day:** read a memoir or autobiography
**Jersey International Air Display:** read a book with a plane or type of plane on the cover or in the title
**National POW/MIA Recognition Day:** Read a book set during a war
**National When Pigs Fly Day:** read a book where something 
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Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

Vampires of El Norte

Isabel Cañas

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical horror romance thriller adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Eye of Ra by Ben Gartner

The Eye of Ra

The Eye of Ra #1

Ben Gartner

280 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Hush Harbor by Anise Vance

Hush Harbor

Anise Vance

8 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate

A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

Vanessa Nakate

8 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
The Crims by Kate Davies

The Crims

Crims #1

Kate Davies

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction middle grade mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
I'm in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie

I'm in Love with Mothman

Mothman In Love #1

Paige Lavoie

229 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut by José Moreno Hernández, Monica Rojas Rubin

Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut

José Moreno Hernández, Monica Rojas Rubin

272 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science emotional reflective slow-paced
Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange

Our Castle by the Sea

The Secret of Nightingale Wood #2

Lucy Strange

280 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction historical middle grade mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

18 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced