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📗 "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
A classic non-fiction about science and humanity's journey towards being able to gather knowledge about outer space. Although plenty of new things have been added to this knowledge since its original publication, it's still a very interesting read. It doesn't feel that outda
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📗 "The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family Estrangement" by Eamon Dolan
Hm, after having read a couple of books on the topic, I wouldn't really recommend this one broadly.
The first part of the book is mostly an explanation of what abuse and CPTSD entail, along with a lot of r
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📗 “The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit” by Michael Finkel
Very mixed feelings about this book and its existence. It’s the story of a man who successfully lived in the woods for 27 years, as told by the journalist author. Fascinating and fun to read, but in the
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📗 "Notes Made While Falling" by Jenn Ashworth
Memoir, essay and literary analysis blend in this non-fiction book. Mainly it's about the author's horrific medical experiences and all of how life changes afterwards having to bear those memories. But it's also about literature, writing, self-reflection
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📗 "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
A classic non-fiction about science and humanity's journey towards being able to gather knowledge about outer space. Although plenty of new things have been added to this knowledge since its original publication, it's still a very interesting read. It do…
📘 "Ascendance of a Bookworm, part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden, volume 1-4" by Miya Kazuki, translated from Japanese into English by Quof, with illustrations by You Shiina
This is a post about four books, the second arc in the Ascendance of…
📘 “The Long Version” by Petra Hůlová, translated from Czech into English by Alex Zucker
This book isn't out yet, but will be in September 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This novel follows a female author right after a rec…
📘 “Talking with Boys” by Tayyba Kanwal
This is a collection of short stories, spanning a wide variety of characters and settings, all related to the Pakistani diaspora. I picked this one up not knowing much about it, but the title and cove…
📗 “The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit” by Michael Finkel
Very mixed feelings about this book and its existence. It’s the story of a man who successfully lived in the woods for 27 years, as told by th…
📗 “Geweten: Over Israël en Palestina” by Maurits de Bruijn
I have more free time to read books right now because of all the soccer matches I’m not watching. I’m boycotting the FIFA World Cup 2026. I see no meaning in supporting an event th…
📗 "Trieste tijger" by Neige Sinno, translated from French into Dutch by Martine Woudt
Available in English as "Sad Tiger", translated by Natasha Lehrer.
One of the best non-fiction books I've read so far this year. One that makes it hard t…
📗 "The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family Estrangement" by Eamon Dolan
Hm, after having read a couple of books on the topic, I wouldn't really recommend this one broadly.
The first part of the book is mostly an expl…
📘 "Gypsy" by Carter Scholz
Have you ever been in a reading mood in which you enjoyed the hard science of "The Martian" but you thought to yourself: this was too twee, wish everything had gone to hell instead. But also, it's hard to focus o…
📗 "Notes Made While Falling" by Jenn Ashworth
Memoir, essay and literary analysis blend in this non-fiction book. Mainly it's about the author's horrific medical experiences and all of how life changes afterwards having to bear those memor…
📘 "(Th)ings and (Th)oughts" by Alla Gorbunova, translated from Russian into English by Elina Alter
This is a collection of very, very short stories. If I counted correctly, there were 62 short stories. All of them were shorter than five pa…
📘 "Het gore lef" by Sarah Arnolds
This is a Dutch short story collection, not translated into any other language (yet). I'm always so surprised by the amount of books that don't get translated. Weird girl lit appears to be quite popular in…
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