Any format counts (audiobook, physical book, ebook, graphic novel, article, essay, etc).

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    In very roughly descending order:

    Auē by Becky Manawatu

    Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson

    Open Throat by Henry Hoke‬‬

    Autumn by ‪Ali Smith‬

    A Tale for the Time Being by ‪Ruth Ozeki‬

    Home by ‪Toni Morrison‬

    Gnomon by ‪Nick Harkaway

    Space Opera by ‪Catherynne M. Valente‬

    The Book of M by ‪Peng Shepherd‬

    The Book of Strange New Things by ‪Michel Faber

    The Overstory by ‪Richard Powers

    The Door by ‪Magda Szabó‬

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by ‪Gabrielle Zevin‬

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      The Overstory! What did you think? I listened to the audiobook, it was long

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        I actually split between reading and listening to the audiobook. It was long either way! I didn’t care for it as much as I thought I would. The first part took me a while to get into, I loved the second part, but after

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        Maidenhair dies

        it was all downhill.

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          I remember where I was driving when I listened to the first part, the narrator was excellent and made the whole tree section a surprisingly engrossing listen.

          I agree about where the story started to falter, too. There was a lot of build-up to that point and it felt like it kinda meandered to the end afterwards.