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Troon Harrison Author Of The Horse Road

From Troon's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Companion of dogs and horses Grower of flowers Walker in the woods Freelance editor

Troon's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Troon Harrison Why Troon loves this book

With a very unusual setting, intertwined storylines, and plenty of emotional conflict, this book immersed me.

By Midge Raymond ,

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

What is this book about?

On the Galapagos Islands, the lives of two women-a century apart-converge in the most startling ways in a historical novel of desperate love, secrets, and deception by the author of My Last Continent.

After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galapagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair. Their project is to build nests to revive the vulnerable penguin population. But Mallory doesn't dare tell Gavin why she's really come back. Then she discovers old journals hidden in a lava cave-confessions of another woman who needed to…


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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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Jennifer Silva Redmond Author Of Honeymoon at Sea: How I Found Myself Living on a Small Boat

From Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Author Writer of Memoir Editor of everything Sailor of Seas Daily Dog Walker Intrepid Traveler

Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Jennifer Silva Redmond Why Jennifer loves this book

This is easily one of the best science fiction books I've read in years and it immediately jumped up into the rankings of one of the ten best science fiction books I've ever read. The two main characters, are a little girl and a robot soldier. You will fall in love with both of them. At least I did.

The plot is simple enough—getting from here to there without dying—but it has so much to say about our modern world, addressing concepts as diverse as militarization, living off the grid, and dealing with A.I. And in a larger sense, it is the story of how we could wake to find ourselves in a city that is ruined, in a world that is dead, yet we must learn to go on, to move forward, and even find ways to embrace change.

I found myself thinking of the great sci-fi stories of…

By Joel R. Dennstedt ,

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

What is this book about?

“Hauntingly beautiful and poignant.”
~ Readers’ Favorite

In a world shattered by war, a lone robot soldier awakens with one mission: to protect the last surviving human – a little girl named Amy.

Together, they form an unbreakable bond in a world where hope is scarce.
But danger lurks in the form of robotic mutations known as wolfhounds.
One Shot’s prime directive is clear: protect Amy at all costs.

On a perilous journey through a devastated world, the bond between a girl and a robot might be the key to humanity’s future. If they can survive.


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