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R.W.W. Greene Author Of Twenty-Five to Life

From R.W.W.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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R.W.W.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024

R.W.W. Greene Why R.W.W. loves this book

The idea was bold and original to me. A grand, historical 'what if?'

By Cebo Campbell ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Sky Full of Elephants as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he's now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn't even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.

Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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A. Zaykova Author Of Galaxy Grifter

From my list on heist novels set in space.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m an author, a reader, and a second generation sci-fi geek. For me, space caper novels are the ultimate escape. Both fun and intellectually stimulating, they allow readers to safely explore adventures beyond the constraints of law, morality, and our planet.

A.'s book list on heist novels set in space

A. Zaykova Why A. loves this book

Museum heists in space! But also so much more.

Maya is a former art thief who is asked to do one last job: steal a valuable artefact to help save an alien species from extinction. But while doing so, she may also condemn humanity. What emerges is a story about a touching friendship between two characters from different species and a varied found family.

I enjoyed the world building with its fascinating planets, species, and cultures, and the exploration of themes of cultural appropriation and anticolonialsm.

By Yume Kitasei ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Stardust Grail as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilisations - until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she's haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future.

Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can't refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren't the only ones hunting for it.

Maya…


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