Excession – Iain M. Banks
Banks’ fifth novel in the series attempts to explore… well, i honestly have no idea.
City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens- J.W. Roberts
An in-depth introduction to life in Classical athens.
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The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
Another book in the ‘what if it had all gone differently’ genre
The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language – Peter Martin
A book about the differences between American and British English, the lack of success of the first American Dictionary, and Noah Webster.
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A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
At the heart of this story is the fact that, yes, life is scarier than any monster our imaginations can come up with.
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words – John McWhorter
John McWhorter once again does a great job giving us a little bit of linguistics with humor
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The State of the Art – Iain M. Banks
A short story collection with one novella from the Culture series
Broken April – Ismail Kadare
A short little novel about a side of Albania travelers hopefully won’t see – bloodfeuds
Socrates – George Rudebusch
A short little book to help you contextualize the life and thoughts of Socrates.
Failures in Polymathy 