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Chelsea Zhao

From Chelsea's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Chelsea loves this book

There is just something about Becky Chambers writing, characters, and world.
This is cozy sci-fi that makes you really feel. I love that all the books feature a queer normative world.
I love everything about it.

By Becky Chambers ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked A Closed and Common Orbit as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD

'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.com

**Winner of the 2017 Prix Julia-Verlanger**

The stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone.

But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb…


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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…

Book cover of The Bridge Kingdom

Chelsea Zhao

From Chelsea's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Chelsea loves this book

I literally could not put this down.
I loved the forbidden romance and well as the world-building. We have some political fantasy elements here as well, so it's not just about the romance.
As soon as I finished, I had to run to the store to grab the sequel because I HAD to know what was going to happen.

By Danielle L. Jensen ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

DISCOVER THE SPELLBINDING DARK FANTASY TIKTOK SENSATION

'Do not walk to pick up this book. Run' JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT, bestselling author of FROM BLOOD AND ASH

'You will devour it! Badass females, slow burn romance, enemies to lovers . . . Do I even need to say more?' 5***** READER REVIEW

'Enemies to Lovers and full of Angst . . . Loved the book so much I can't put it into words' 5***** READER REVIEW
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Raised as a warrior, Princess Lara has always known her destiny: to destroy her enemy, King Aren.

The Bridge Kingdom where he resides uses…


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