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He/him. I read a lot of SF/F/H, and watch a lot of movies and TV. Then I review some of that at templetongate.net.

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Just what I need - nearly 175 to add to my nearly endless Want to Read pile. Only a little bit of crossover and I've probably read less than 10% of them.

Sigh.

100 Best Books of the 21st Century:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k0.40sZ.jbh48iEMRMCX&smid=url-share

75 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/

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@jda @bookstodon Thanks for sharing the NYT list, others were not as generous. I have read 50 of the 75 on Esquire's list, but only 6 from the NYT. I do have a handful of others on my shelves or Kindle.

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@bookstodon on this I'd like to both list and solicit recommendations for books about refugees. With the deepening Climate Crisis, each of us could find ourselves in such a position at any time.

My rec's:

The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri

Illegal, Eoin Colfer

Welcome To The New World, Jake Halpern, Michael Sloan

What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad

The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui

Almost American Girl, Robin Ha

The Wrong End of The Telescope, Rabih Alameddine

Lark Ascending, Silas House

Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls

templetongate ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
Two that come to mind are KSR's Ministry for the Future, and Sue Burke's Dual Memory. I'll probably think of others.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Maybe everyone already knows this, but in case you don't: there is a great way to search for library e-books you might like.

If you have Libby, do a filtered search for whatever you like in general. While perusing the results, tap on any book you have already read and enjoyed. Scroll down past the description, and it will give you suggestions of other books you might like. This really helped me.

This only works in filtered search, not direct search.

templetongate ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon My library uses Cloud Library, but I haven't thought of a general search like that. Normally it is a specific title or author. I have enough things to read, or are already aware of to need more suggestions.

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I'm not opposed to getting recommendations, and I have found new favorites, but that usually comes from you or others I'm following on SM. Then I will investigate, but I don't feel the need to seek a "if you like X you should check out Y" sort of search. I have more than I will ever read already, a print library of at least 1500, maybe 1200 on Kindle, some of those being duplicates.

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