Hello, readers! This year has already been five thousand weeks long, so as a treat, I have gathered together five excellent books to help you escape. There are so many fun, escapist sci-fi books to choose from. We all know The Hitchhiker’s Guide series, and the Murderbot Diaries, and basically everything John Scalzi and Becky Chambers write. So I aimed for possibly lesser-known titles to help you expand your TBR. If you’re a sci-fi fan, you may have heard of them, and this might be the nudge you need to pick them up. And if you’re new to the genre—welcome! We have cookies. (They go great with blue milk.)
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