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From Heidi's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Heidi loves this book

Even though I should have known it was coming, Baru took me in as much as she took in everyone else. The ending had me full on stop and stare at a wall for a few seconds to process what is happening!

Baru is a character that I love to hate. Incredibly smart, strong motivations, heavy internal struggles - and a traitor. In any other book she'd be a villain. I'm not sure she ISN'T a villain in this one!

By Seth Dickinson ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked The Traitor Baru Cormorant as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

[Published as The Traitor Baru Cormorant in the US]

Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people - even her soul.

When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her Fathers, Baru vows to hide her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way up enough rungs of power to put a stop to the Emperor's influence and set her people free.

As a natural savant, she is sent as an imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn - a post she worries will never get her the…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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Amelia Lim

From Amelia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Amelia loves this book

Annihilation is the first book of the Southern Reach series, which is one of my favourite series of all time.
The writing and the world building is incredibly beautiful.

By Jeff VanderMeer ,

Why should I read it?

22 authors picked Annihilation as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'A contemporary masterpiece' Guardian

THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC

For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border - an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness.

The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic.

Now four women…


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I. Graham Smith Author Of Forsaking Home

From I. Graham's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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I. Graham Smith Why I. Graham loves this book

This book is absolutely huge. The copy I read was around 960 pages. This was my first Peter F. Hamilton book, and while I loved the story, I struggled with the writing. It is just so verbose. I don't normally have trouble and have read quite a few longer books, but I felt like there was at last 150 pages of descriptive language in there. Yet, in my opinion it would be a mistake if you avoid this book because of my previous statement. The story is so good. I love an epic story and this is truly one of legendary proportions. What's more, there are descriptions of first contacts and the processes involved that I found to be absolutely fun to read. The human race has expanded to over 600 worlds using wormhole technology. They've had first contacts, they've fought great battles and won, and in a way, they've…

By Peter F. Hamilton ,

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5 authors picked Pandora's Star as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across.When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them. For what if their disappearance indicates some kind of galactic conflict? Since a conventional wormhole cannot be used to reach these vanished stars, for the first time humans need…


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Katie’s Gamble by Kara O'Neal,

Katie's Gamble is an unexpected, unique story about a young woman who's trying to support her younger siblings by keeping her family's confectionery shop open.

In order to do that, she has to take on her older brother, who's a notorious gambler in Louisiana. Additionally, she has to outsmart Rowdy…

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Jurgen Brauer Author Of Castles, Battles, and Bombs

From Jurgen's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

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Jurgen Brauer Why Jurgen loves this book

I love nature, both on land (backcountry hiking) and underwater (scuba diving and underwater photography). Ed Yong's book about how animals sense or perceive the world had been widely praised, and once I started reading it upon the recommendation of my son, I could hardly put it down. Absolutely superb writing by this science journalist, and seemingly every page holds a new, exciting insight. I recommended the book to my daughter, and now she is devouring it as well. Yong explores how animals perceive the world through their set of senses, some of which we humans share such as sight or hearing, but share with often vastly different degrees of ability to perceive. For instance, we cannot see infrared and cannot hear ultrasound. But nonhuman animals also have senses that we humans appear to lack entirely (e.g., echolocation), and how scientists invent clever ways of accessing and exploring these non-human…

By Ed Yong ,

Why should I read it?

25 authors picked An Immense World as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Wonderful, mind-broadening... a journey to alternative realities as extraordinary as any you'll find in science fiction' The Times, Book of the Week

'Magnificent' Guardian

Enter a new dimension - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving only a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.

We encounter beetles that are…


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Tommy Bayless Author Of Depth of Justice

From my list on making you see the world through someone else’s eyes.

Why am I passionate about this?

Stories that have stayed with me the longest are ones I can relate to. I like being able to put myself in others' shoes and feel the world they do. Even in the most crazy imagined places I like when the writer brings us along them in their journeys. Whether it's books or stories, I like seeing worlds from different perspectives. It's also the same approach I try to use while writing, thinking about how someone would handle something, but another character would handle it a different way. I've always been good at adapting to any situation, and now I can show it while telling a story through different eyes.

Tommy's book list on making you see the world through someone else’s eyes

Tommy Bayless Why Tommy loves this book

Mostly, I loved Tolkien's fascinating world he created.

He opened me up not only to the people but to the world around them as well. When entering his story, the world felt lived in, and everyone had their own stories, from Tom Bombadil to Aragorn. I thought the Ringwraiths were very cool, and characters like Samwise, Gollum, and Gandalf really stole it for me.

Tolkien explained why things were the way they are but still left most to the imagination. Before the movies, I had my own picture in my head, as I imagined others did as well. When I finally saw Moria on screen, I knew I hadn't done it justice in my head.

By J.R.R. Tolkien ,

Why should I read it?

32 authors picked The Fellowship of the Ring as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.

What is this book about?

This brand-new unabridged audio book of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron's evil dominion.

Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tale of adventure, which…


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Emily Raij Author Of Just Say Welcome!

From Emily's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Emily Raij Why Emily loves this book

I loved the original story, heartfelt characters, and authentic dialogue in this emotionally gripping yet relatable book. I also loved the 90s nostalgia.

By Gabrielle Zevin ,

Why should I read it?

52 authors picked Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

* AMAZON'S #1 BOOK OF 2022 *

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow takes us on a dazzling imaginative quest, examining identity, creativity and our need to connect.

This is not a romance, but it is about love.

'I just love this book and I hope you love it too' JOHN GREEN, TikTok

Sam and Sadie meet in a hospital in 1987. Sadie is visiting her sister, Sam is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there, but playing together brings joy, escape, fierce competition -- and a special friendship. Then all too soon that time is…


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The Delphi Agenda by Rob Swigart,

Papyrologist Lisa Emmer's world flips when the Sûreté detains her at her Metro station with news of the savage murder of the esteemed Paris historian Dr. Raimond Foix, her friend and mentor in the study of ancient documents.

Horrified, Lisa finds clues at the crime scene left behind for her…

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Christopher Church Author Of Secondhand Inertia

From Christopher's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Christopher Church Why Christopher loves this book

The best science fiction makes our minds expand. Revelation Space definitely does that, encompassing the potential of the human species. I'm looking forward to the next books in the trilogy.

By Alastair Reynolds ,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked Revelation Space as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that…


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Christopher Trudeau Author Of Django in Action

From Christopher's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Christopher's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Christopher Trudeau Why Christopher loves this book

funny, well written, very entertaining

By Carl Hiaasen ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Bad Monkey as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own.

Andrew's search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences…


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Keith Stevenson Author Of The End Times of Markusz Zielinski

From Keith's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Keith Stevenson Why Keith loves this book

TR Napper returns us to his dark cyberpunk future

Endel ‘Endgame’ Ebbinghaus is an enforcer for the Macau drug cartels. He often meets unsavoury people and sometimes he has to kill them. Endgame is a violent abusive husband, and he keeps away from his wife and kid because he’s afraid of what he might do to them. Endgame is a mindless assassin, programmed, set loose and mind-wiped when his target is eliminated. Endgame is a loving partner and parent to his two children, but they don’t live together anymore because of some poor life choices. Endgame is all of these things and none of them. He’s also something else, but he forgets what that is and may never remember.

In The Escher Man, TR Napper returns us to the cyberpunk world he so effectively realised in 36 Streets. The Escher Man was published after 36 Streets but written…

By T.R. Napper ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

A cartel enforcer must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his family in this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk science fiction novel. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral, Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon and Five Minds by Guy Morpuss.

"Your name is Endel 'Endgame' Ebbinghaus. It is Saturday 3rd September, 2101. You're head of security for Mister Long, boss of the Macau Syndicate, a drug cartel. This is your last day on the job."

Endel wants out.

Endgame is a violent man, by profession and by nature, the perfect enforcer for the Macau Syndicate. But Endel is…


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The Tao of Poison by Isham Cook,

A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.

The polyandrous Yan family in China's rural Shaanxi Province takes in two carpenter brothers. When one brother is convicted of murder after killing their neighbor in a dispute, a constable threatens to expose the family's rumored polyandry and extorts…

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By Hugh Howey ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

For the first time ever, The Silo Saga Omnibus brings together all of the work in Hugh Howey's ground-breaking, best-selling, acclaimed series, including the individual novels Wool, Shift, and Dust, as well as original essays by the author, and a bonus chapbook of short fiction, Silo Stories

The remnants of humanity live underground in a vast silo. In this subterranean world, rules matter. Rules keep people alive. And no rule is more strictly enforced than to never speak of going outside. The punishment is exile and death.

When the sheriff of the silo commits the ultimate sin, the most unlikely…


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