Stand out books for me that I've read this year: * The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Short, but a great read) * The Incandescent by Emily Tesh * The Armchair Universe by A.K.Dewdney (First read this one many years ago, but I've been reading it again) * Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield (third book in a series, so you'd want to start at the begining with The Apollo Murders)
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