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Dear John,

As we head into winter, the Breach team looks forward to sharing our favorite books ([link removed]) of the year with you. Across genres, these books shaped our thinking, sparked our excitement, and kept us going through a pretty weird year. We hope to inspire you to pick up a title or two.

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STAFF + BOARD PICKS
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Aya’s pick

I Who Have Never Known Men ([link removed]) by Jacqueline Harpman

A haunting novel about women trapped in a bunker on an unknown planet. This book is an unusual feminist sci-fi take on humanity and friendship from the perspective of someone almost completely deprived of a normal human experience.
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Caitlin’s pick

Blue Sisters ([link removed]) by Coco Mellors

Stories that capture the intimacy and complexity of sisterhoods always find me. I felt such tenderness for each one of the Blue sisters as they move between distance and closeness, loss and love. A story about how our families shape us, it reminds us that no matter how far we drift, there’s always a way back home.
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Danny’s pick

Every One Still Here ([link removed]) by Liadan Ní Chuinn

A debut collection of short stories that center around the theme of the inter-generational trauma and lingering injustices stemming from The Troubles. I found there were plenty of reverberations with our present troubled political moment. While not the most uplifting read, I found the author's indignation and candor inspiring, as well as an embodiment of the spirit we need to prevail over our present situation.
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David’s pick

The Princess in Black ([link removed]) by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

As a dad of two young kids, most of the books I have time to read are ones I read at bedtime. This one's a favorite of my 6-year-old daughter. It's a series about a princess who both dresses in classically frilly pink outfits and also has an alter-ego who not only wears black, but also fights monsters. A great example for my fierce daughter, and a reminder that everyone contains multitudes, including princesses!
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Dylan’s pick

The Fort Bragg Cartel ([link removed]) by Seth Harp

Seth Harp uncovers the moral rot in the United States special forces, exploring the imperial boomerang and how America’s “global war on terrorism” has come home to roost. A must read for anyone interested in US foreign policy.
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Meg’s pick

The Land in Winter ([link removed]) by Andrew Miller

Quiet yet mesmerizing, an instant classic. I was completely absorbed by this story and Miller's beautiful, confident language. It's a richly atmospheric book – I found myself feeling firmly planted in his scenes, in the presence of his characters – that left me stunned by Miller's mastery.
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Nancy’s pick

Where the Forest Meets the Stars ([link removed]) by Glendy Vanderah

A mysterious child shows up in the yard of a graduate research biologist's summer cabin, barefoot and ragged. She claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. Or is she an abused and endangered runaway? The mystery interweaves the study of bird habitat, personal tragedies, and the entangled lives of rural neighbors and college elites in a southern Illinois backwoods community.
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Paul’s pick

The Power Broker ([link removed]) by Robert A. Caro

A 1974 biography of Robert Moses, the unelected government official who did more to shape public infrastructure in NYC (and by extension, the country) than any other person in history. Meticulously researched yet with a cinematic quality that leaps off the page. It reads like a villain origin story of an idealistic public servant with big ideas who eventually develops into a notorious, power-hoarding bulldozer of low-income neighborhoods.
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Sherri’s pick

I Who Have Never Known Men ([link removed]) by Jacqueline Harpman

This book hit me hard because it asks bluntly about the unacknowledged losses of time, intimacy, and the sense that we still get to steer our own lives – things many people only notice after the years have piled up. It is a meditation on what it means to live a life forged by both emptiness and an unrelenting, fierce hope.
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