Books (Science Fiction):

• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie - Science fiction, brilliant story, you will be confused at the start but it will make sense. Great world building.

  • • If you like Ancillary Justice, you might also like: A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine. It has many of the space politics aspects of the Ancillary series.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - There is so much depth in this series. There are a lot of insights and alagories you can pull out of the series.

• A Psalm for the Wild Built, Becky Chambers - This book is quite short, and generally refreshing to read as it is more of a utopia book.

• The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks - The Culture series by Banks presents one form of utopia space communism (Star Trek would be another).

Books (Fantasy):

• The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie - Fantasy, again, brilliant story and world building.

• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao - A sci-fi/fantasy book that plays a lot with gender dynamics; Chinese-based setting.

• Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin - A brilliant, fast-paced, fantasy series by one of the best fantasy author of all time.

• A Natural History of Dragons, Marie Brennan - I enjoyed this series - Victorian setting, but in a world with dragons.

• Divine Misfortune, A. Lee Martinez - a playful series, quick read and fun.

• A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony - I had to put a Xanth book on here.

• Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett - I had to put a Discworld book on here.

Books (Literary Fiction):

• Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell - I'm putting it in literary fiction though two story lines are in the future. Some of the story lines are really powerful.

• The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket - I absolutely loved this series when I was younger.

• Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson - One of the few books I've re-read multiple times.

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams - I love the plays of Tennessee Williams, any of them are worth a read.

Books (Nonfiction):

• Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, Carl Sagan - there is a chapter in this book that I think many people without a religion would say encapsulates their spirituality.

• Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... And the World, Courtney Humphries - It's about pigeons, enough said.

• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, Hans Rosling - This book examines how the world has changed, and why we may misunderstand some of the data about the world.

• A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton G. Malkiel - helps put stock trading in some perspective.

• Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs - This is a memoir.

Newsletters:

• Erin in the Morning - A Trans journalist writing on issues facing Transgender people.

• Platformer - A Tech newsletter.