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Wade Richardson Author Of The Psychedelic Mindmeld: Telepathically Exploring Shared Consciousness

From Wade's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Wade Richardson Why Wade loves this book

The world continues to witness genocide through many of the decades following World War II. While genocide is the worst tragedy of civilization, human suffering is ubiquitous. Frankl outlines how we can find meaning in the greatest of suffering. He saw three possible sources of meaning: in taking responsible action in work or doing something significant; in love and caring for others; and in courage toward one’s choice of attitude in difficult times. He saw suffering as meaningless, but suffering is given meaning by how we respond to it.

By Viktor Frankl ,

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50 authors picked Man’s Search for Meaning as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in our own lives.


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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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Bethany Brookshire Author Of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

From Bethany's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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N.K. Jemison is a masterclass in compelling, complex characters, deeply original worlds, and plot.

By N. K. Jemisin ,

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

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Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR)

The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.

Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever.

Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power -- and her choices will break the…


Book cover of The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire

Valerie Nieman Author Of In the Lonely Backwater

From Valerie's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Author Writer Curiosity Traveler Nemophilist Perseverance

Valerie's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Valerie Nieman Why Valerie loves this book

I'm continuing my research for the second of my Macbeth books, The Last Highland King, and this book really filled in the world of the Norse and Danes in the decades leading up to my period. Well-written and just full of the small details that add context to the recitation of events. Great use of the sagas!

By Tore Skeie , Alison McCullough (translator) ,

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3 authors picked The Wolf Age as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire.

The Wolf Age takes the reader on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to…


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Trusting Her Duke by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke with rigid opinions, a Lady whose beliefs conflict with his, a long disputed parcel of land, a conniving neighbour, a desperate collaboration, a failure of trust, a love found despite it all.

Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had…

Book cover of Writing Black Beauty: Anna Sewell and the Story of Animal Rights

Celia Haddon Author Of Being Your Cat: What's Really Going On in Your Feline's Mind

From Celia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Mad cat lady Love study Kitten rehabber

Celia's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Celia Haddon Why Celia loves this book

Black Beauty was my favourite book, when I was a child. I read it 33 times. This book told me how it came about and its influence on horse welfare.

By Celia Brayfield ,

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1 author picked Writing Black Beauty as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Black Beauty is a novel that changed our world. Intended to 'induce kindness' in a Victorian audience who relied on horses for transport, travel and power, it remains a dearly loved children's classic. Writing Black Beauty is the story of the remarkable woman who wrote this phenomenal book.

Born in 1820 to a young Quaker couple, Anna Sewell grew up in poverty in London. She was 14 when she fell and injured her ankle, leaving her permanently disabled. Rejecting the limitations that Victorian society forced on disabled people, she developed an extraordinary empathy with horses, learning to ride side-saddle and…


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Bethany Brookshire Author Of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

From Bethany's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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A step by step history of why the US has only recently begun to address the climate crisis, coming from someone on the inside.

By Chelsea Henderson ,

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

What is this book about?

It took nearly sixty years for a meaningful climate change bill to run the political gauntlet from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office. Why?

From mavericks to party standard-bearers, U.S. Senators, members of the House of Representatives, and presidential candidates have campaigned for four decades espousing their intentions to address the impacts of climate change.

Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics is the first Inside-the-Beltway account to lay bare the machinations of what went wrong in Washington-how and why our leaders failed to act on climate change as mounting scientific evidence underscored the urgency to do so. Glacial tells…


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Celia Haddon Author Of Being Your Cat: What's Really Going On in Your Feline's Mind

From Celia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Mad cat lady Love study Kitten rehabber

Celia's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Celia Haddon Why Celia loves this book

Lovely illustrations. I adore old churches and this book has inspired me to visit more of them.

By Luke Sherlock , Ioana Pioaru (illustrator) ,

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1 author picked Forgotten Churches as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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The Sunday Times bestseller

Discover England's Most Beautiful and Overlooked Churches with Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures

For centuries, England's churches have stood as quiet witnesses to history, filled with remarkable craftsmanship, untold stories, and layers of cultural heritage. Yet many of these extraordinary buildings remain overlooked - until now.

Luke Sherlock, or @englishpilgrim, has spent years travelling the length and breadth of England, uncovering hidden architectural gems and sharing their beauty with thousands online. In Forgotten Churches, he invites you on a journey through 70 of the country's most atmospheric churches, from thousand-year-old Saxon chapels and striking Gothic…


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The Duke's Christmas Redemption by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke who has rejected love, a Lady who dreams of a love match, an arranged marriage, a house full of secrets, a most unneighborly neighbor, a plot to destroy reputations, an unexpected love that redeems it all.

Lady Charlotte Wyndham, given in an arranged marriage to a man she…

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