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Barbara C. Ewell Author Of Sweet Spots: In-Between Spaces in New Orleans

From Barbara's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Barbara's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Barbara C. Ewell Why Barbara loves this book

I’m not usually a big fan of science fiction but this was more like a thought experiment that both mystified and intrigued me. A very thought-provoking read whose imagery still lingers in my imagination.

By Susanna Clarke ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction
A SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' NEW YORK MAGAZINE
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Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.

In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend,…


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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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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 embark on the…


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