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Books I want to read in a specific season of the year ๐ค
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Fall ๐๐
Katabasis
R.F. Kuang โข 2025
Babel Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. Kuang โข 2022
Instant #1ย New York Timesย Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War ย โAbsolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.โ -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesย Babel, a thematic response toย The Secret Historyย and a tonal retort toย Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellย that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day heโll enroll in Oxford Universityโs prestigious Royal Institute of Translationโalso known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver workingโthe art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver barsโhas made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empireโs quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decideโฆ Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
The Secret History
Donna Tartt โข 2004
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME โข </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER โข A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>โs Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>โA remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.โ โ<i>The New York Times</i></b>
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley โข 2003
Summer โฑ๏ธ ๐ โ๏ธ

One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle โข 2022
Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood โข 2025
Beach Read Deluxe Edition
Emily Henry โข 2024
People We Meet on Vacation Deluxe Edition
Emily Henry โข 2025
Spring ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ชท๐ท๐
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney โข 2021
Winter โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott โข 2014
<b>Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition,ย with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.<br></b><br>Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy โข 2002
Beartown A Novel
Fredrik Backman โข 2018
Murder in the Orient Express
Agatha Christie โข 1993







