Look at this! It's beautiful! Alternative history in the deep sea. I'm sold. (This endorsement brought to you by Stacey)
While animal compendiums are often fantastic, sometimes you just want to dive into one particular creature. Behold, the magestic horse! As presented by the fun "A Day in the Life" series. Recommended reading buddy: Pony Boy! Cuddly and dashing with his little kerchief, but hilariously cute with his oversized head.
Actually, this book is really F’ing great. It is funny as hell, smart, poignant, painful and relatable. There is nothing romantic about divorce, and Monica Heisey captures the messy search for meaning (and joy?) with hilarity and tenderness. Too bad this book wasn’t around years ago because some of us would have clutched it to their chest as they cried in a heap in their closet over their failed marriage (or any failure for that matter) and thanked God Monica came into their life and was now their BFF. But don’t you worry - even if you are one of those happy, well-adjusted, non-single people (goodie for you) you will still ADORE this book and not be able to put it down!
A science-driven look at who the Vikins were and how they moved around Europe and Asia for centuries. Less gore than The Last Kingdom, but just as engrossing.
When the west held no more gold, the rush for dinosaur bones began.
Love comes in many forms, and Pura Belpré exemplies the love for storytelling and community. This wonderful book illustrates the life's work and mission of NYC's first Latina librarian and continues planting the seeds her stories began sowing so many decades ago.
This book pulled me out of a years-long "reading actual books for fun" slump in the middle of college + got me to start reading nonfiction at all. Super beautiful writing about what it means to walk routes that have been walked by people for millennia. Also an extremely extensive bibliography for further reading!
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, this is not. Dyer doesn't prescribe a magical method to get your life in order, but instead provides specific, shame-free tips to create a system that works for you based on your individual strengths, priorities, and challenges. Geared towards folks who are neurodivergent, but anyone who's ever felt overwhelmed by chores or "care tasks" will find something useful.
Katie
I gave this book to my 70yo father as an intro to gender as a spectrum. He read it in less than 30min, nodded, and said "Makes sense." I can give no stronger endorsement. (It's only $6 with the discount!)
Murphy
The entire modern world rests on the tiniest pieces of copper and silicon, made by only a few, on the most sophisticated and expensive equipment known to man.
John
