A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you

Around the Year in 52 Books Rejects Challenge (2023) - hosted by macknz_p

Some Listopias with suggestions (I'm sure there must be more out there also):
Fiction focused on Occupations or Hobbies: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Day in the Life Memoirs: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Jobs/Careers/Vocations: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Romance with Heroes/Heroines that focus on their interests: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Crafty Cozy Mysteries: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

All books added

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
Lauren Fleshman with Lauren Fleshman (Narrator)

7 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

Lauren Fleshman with Lauren Fleshman (Narrator)

7 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer with Philip Franklin (Narrator)

9 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer with Philip Franklin (Narrator)

9 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced

The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li with Caroline Hewitt (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Book of Goose

Yiyun Li with Caroline Hewitt (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Horse
Geraldine Brooks

14 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

14 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
Grant Snider

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction comics literary reflective medium-paced

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

Grant Snider

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction comics literary reflective medium-paced

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
Madeline Martin with Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

8 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional fast-paced

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II

Madeline Martin with Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

8 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional fast-paced

The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Ruth Ware with Imogen Church (Narrator)

14 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Ruth Ware with Imogen Church (Narrator)

14 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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