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In no order, my recommendations (to you personally!) are
Margaret Atwood — Oryx & Crake Ann Leckie — the Raven Tower Kazuo Ishiguro — the Buried Giant Ursula Leguin — the Left Hand of Darkness Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone — This Is How You Lose The Time War
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jordan rated Something That May Shock and Discredit You: 4 stars
jordan rated Spinoza in 90 minutes: 4 stars
jordan rated The Merry Spinster: 5 stars
The Merry Spinster by Daniel M. Lavery, Mallory Ortberg
"A collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales."--Front flap.
jordan rated Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal: 5 stars
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal is a nonfiction work by the science author Mary Roach, published in April 2013 …
jordan rated War with the Newts (European Classics): 5 stars
jordan rated A Canticle for Leibowitz: 4 stars
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
jordan rated Seven Surrenders: 4 stars
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #2)
From 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political science fiction epic …
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories …
jordan rated The unconsoled: 3 stars
The unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
A surrealistic novel on a man who finds himself in a strange city, not knowing what he is doing there, …
jordan rated The Man Who Could Move Clouds: 5 stars
The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER
From the author of the "original, politically daring and passionately written" (Vogue) novel …
jordan rated Winter In Sokcho: 4 stars
Winter In Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins
It’s winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. …
The Scar by China Miéville
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning …
jordan rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …