A curated list of books Derek wants to read!
Derek's TBR Public
Created by Derek Caelin
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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
4 stars
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
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Future Histories by Lizzie O'Shea
A highly engaging tour through progressive history in the service of emancipating our digital tomorrow.
When we talk about technology …
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The Future is Degrowth by Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan, Matthias Schmelzer
Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in …
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5 stars
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's …
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Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make …
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book …
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Against Nature by Lorraine Daston
Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human …
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At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated …
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How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
3 stars
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
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How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin Wright, Michael Burawoy
What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?
Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, …
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Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a …
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What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature …
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
4 stars
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism is a book by Benedict Anderson about the development of …
