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Any format counts (audiobook, physical book, ebook, graphic novel, article, essay, etc).

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[–] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Some favorites in no particular order:

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

All the books on birds by Jennifer Ackerman

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Nettle & Bone and Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Pet by Catherine Chidgey

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion by Jia Tolentino

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

👀 Is that first one available in audiobook?

[–] EntropicalVacation@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Dutch House was one of my favorite reads from 2022.