My Body Politic by Simi Linton. Linton is a disability rights activist who writes about her experiences as a wheelchair user.
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann. About her fight for equality and inclusion.
The Rejected Body by Susan Wendell. Not a traditional memoir but does reflect on disability and chronic illness with a feminist perspective.
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. A group of orphans raised by a man known as Father in a library with seemingly infinite knowledge.
The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien. A man in a strange nightmarish world with bizarre physics and metaphysics.
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan. Set in a strange commune where the inhabitants live in harmony with nature and the narrator reflects on love, loss, and the passage of time.
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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. A prequel to Jane eyre about Rochester’s first wife.
Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis. Biography about Anne Brontë exploring her life and literary achievements with a modern perspective.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Inspired 1984, about a future totalitarian state where citizens live under constant surveillance and individuality is suppressed.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. Near future America ravaged by climate change and social chaos, a young woman with “hyperempathy” wants to build a new community.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. A family vacationing in a remote cabin are confronted by strangers who bring news of an impending apocalypse.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Not strictly horror, sci-fi has elements of impending danger as humanity’s last survivors who are unaware of the dangers on the planet they plan to colonize.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. About the constraints of high society in 1870s new work through Edith, who scandalizes her social circle by seeking a divorce.
Villette by Charlotte Brontë. About Lucy Snowe who travels to France to teach a girls’ school.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen. About a charming and manipulative widow who defies societal expectations through her scheming and romantic pursuits.
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd. Dystopian that delves into a world where people are losing their shadows and, subsequently, their memories.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Set in an alternate 19th-century England where magic is real.
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Collection of short stories that explore the experiences of women in hauntingly imaginative ways.
So, in two days I am going to be running D&D for a group of kids (11, 13, and 15). They are unfamiliar with the game but l have been DMing for four years.
I am looking for something that’s pretty easy to pick up, that starts at 1st or 2nd level, and that I don’t need to do much prep for. PG-13 rating is acceptable but I am cautious of anything that veers into R territory.
If anyone has any suggestions for prewritten adventures or anything tips for running newbies I’d appreciate it.
Thanks!
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‘Mountain West’ is a region of the United States. It doesn’t mean the Rocky Mountains even if it is largely made up of the Rocky Mountains. It does include the Grand Canyon.
The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake. Focused on Paris and dives into the world of Karl Lagerfield and Yves Saint Laurent.
The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann. Fiction about the rise and fall of a television executive in the 1960s and 70s.
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird. Classic travel memoir about Bird’s journey through the Rocky Mountains in the 1870s.
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner. Biography of Powell who explores the Colorado river and the Grand Canyon.
The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. A whimsical and nonsensical poem about an impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature.
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. About three children who discover a magical castle and find themselves in a series of magical and humorous situations.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Follows a group of college students whose lives are entangled in a web of secrecy and murder.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. About a charming yet morally ambiguous character who becomes involved in deception and murder.
American Tabloid by James Ellroy. This one has very distinctive and hard-hitting prose, about the gritty underbelly of American politics and crime.
The Last Man by Mary Shelley. Classic set in a future world where a plague has wiped out humanity leaving one man to wander the desolate Earth alone.
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Follows Ish who survives a plague that has decimated the human population.
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa. Fantasy about a half-kitsune girl who goes on a dangerous journey to protect a sacred scroll.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. About a young girl who is accidentally enmagicked by a witch.
The Winterknight Trilogy by Katherine Arden. About a young girl in a magical version of medieval Russia.
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Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. About the ethics and environmental impact of eating meat, blends personal narrative with investigative journalism.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler. A very humorous and insightful memoir with fun anecdotes.
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin. Memoir about his early years in stand up comedy.
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. About a skilled thief in a city filled with intrigue and danger.
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville. Set in a grimy fantastical city about dark creatures and political intrigue.
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Fantasy about a diverse cast caught up in a world of war, politics, and dark magic.
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Set in 1920s Alaska, about a childless couple who build a snow child that comes to life.
The Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm. About the lives of the Saami people focusing on a young girl who possesses shamanic powers.
The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley. Set in medieval Greenland, about the lives of various characters living in Norse settlements as the live in the harsh climates.
Books featuring Arctic peoples (Inuit, Yup’ik, Nenets, Saami, etc)? Fiction or non fiction.
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