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Magnificent mushrooms and fabulous fungi. Image of a patch of mushrooms and decorative reads.

Foraging for a good book? Learn about mushrooms and fungi through this carefully-cultivated list!

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In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms / Doug Bierend

In Search of Mycotopia, Doug Bierend introduces us to an incredible, essential, and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future,…

One story, twenty-four hours. Image of a clock face above an open book.

Fiction titles that tell a story over the course of a single day (or night).

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The Hours / Michael Cunningham

The Hours is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. It is a passionate, profound and haunting story of love and inheritance,…

Ebooks and eaudiobooks by black authors

Ebooks and Eaudiobooks

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The List / Yomi Adegoke
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time. Young, beautiful, and successful – she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all….

Doomed Expeditions. Image of a dark mountain.

Chart an exploration into this listing of nonfiction titles featuring courageous, yet catastrophic, expeditions into the unknown.

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The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darién Expedition and America’s Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas / Todd Balf

With rival warships and explorers from England and France days behind, the 27-member U.S….

Books to Foster Self-acceptance in the New Year, over image of pine trees in the forest.

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The perfection trap : embracing the power of good enough / Thomas Curran

A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life….