Books like To Be Taught, If Fortunate
12 books with a reading profile close to To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers. Contemplative; an easy read.
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The Age of Miracles
narrative, science fiction
On an ordinary Saturday, the earth’s rotation begins to slow, an event known as "the slowing." Julia, an eleven-year-old living in California, watches as gravity shifts and birds fall from the sky.
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The Marrow Thieves
narrative, science fiction
In a future ravaged by climate collapse, humanity has lost the ability to dream, leading to widespread madness.
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Station Eleven
Also contemplative · narrative, science fiction
The narrative begins with a stage actor dying of a heart attack during a production of King Lear, moments before a Georgia Flu pandemic kills most of the global population.
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Sea of Tranquility
narrative, science fiction
In 1912, an exiled British aristocrat hears the notes of a violin and a mechanical roar while standing in a remote Canadian forest.
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5
Replay: A Novel
by Ken Grimwood
narrative, science fiction
Jeff Winston is a forty-three-year-old radio journalist who dies of a heart attack in 1988, only to wake up in his college dormitory in 1963.
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The Dreamers
narrative, science fiction
In an isolated college town in the California mountains, a student falls into a deep sleep and cannot be woken.
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How High We Go in the Dark
narrative, science fiction
The narrative begins in the Siberian permafrost, where researchers inadvertently release an ancient "Arctic Plague" from a prehistoric corpse.
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More Than This
by Patrick Ness
narrative, science fiction
Seth Wearing drowns in the opening chapter, hitting his head against rocks in the freezing ocean.
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9
Annie Bot
by Sierra Greer
narrative, science fiction
Annie Bot follows the domestic life of Annie, a sophisticated C-13 built to be the ideal companion for her owner, Doug.
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10
We Are the Ants
narrative, science fiction
Henry Denton is periodically abducted by slug-like aliens who present him with a red button and a deadline.
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The Dog Stars
by Peter Heller
narrative, science fiction
Hig Higman lives in a hangar at a small Colorado airport nine years after a flu pandemic killed most of the global population.
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The Anomaly
narrative, science fiction
In March 2021, an Air France flight from Paris to New York flies into a violent storm and lands safely at JFK.
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