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The Lord of the Rings acrylic paintings (70s) by Tim and Greg Hildebrandt

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 10

91. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (Contemporary Novel/Friendship/Community/Personal Growth/Libraries/Self Care)

92. Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders (Childrens Book/Illustrated/Peacful Protest/Activism/Lyrical)

93. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (Self-Help and Psychology/Releasing Expectations/Philosophy/Embracing Imperfection/Solace in Nature)

94. Smashing the Stereotypes: What Does It Mean to Be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender? by Jaime A. Seba (Discusses Stereotypes/LGBT/Businesses)

95. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty (Nonfiction/Memoir/Death/Acceptance/Humor/Science)

96. The Devouring Gray series by C.L. Herman (YA/Fantasy/Mystery/Paranormal/LGBTQ+)

97. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Non-Fiction/Memoir/History/Law/Science/Racism v Antiracism/Political Guide)

98. The Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini (YA/Fantasy/High Fantasy/Dragons/Adventure/Love/Family Dynamics/Rebellion)

99. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Tragedy/Social Satire/Critique of the American Dream/Social Class/Materialism/Roaring 20s/Love and Loss)

100. The Rabbit's Wedding by Garth Williams (Children's Book/Illustrated/Banned Book/Love/Alludes to Interracial Relationship)

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How can people believe magic doesn’t exist when frost looks like this?

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 9

81. Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes (Memoir in Verse/Love/Family/Trauma/Writing as Healing/Finding a Place/Responsibility)

82. The Dark Between Stars by Atticus Poetry (Poetry/Illustrations/Love/Relationships/Dualitites of Life/Loneliness)

83. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by laurie Garrett (Journalism and Public Health/Ecology/Politics/Impactors/Solution)

84. Red Power Rising by Bradley Shreve (History/Indigenous)

85. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski (Non-Fiction/Adult/Self-Help/Feminism/Psychology/Sexuality/Science/Health)

86. Greenvoe by George Makay Brown (Novel of Prose and Poetry/Tradition and Modernity/Military/Community/Nature)

87. Why We Need to be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Problems by Jessica Carew Kraft (Non-Fiction/Nature/Memoir/Self-Help/Outdoors/Woman Voice)

88. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (Psychological Suspense Novel/Misunderstood Women/Death/Feminism/Dark Psychology/Mystery/Heavy Topics)

89. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad (YA and Adult/Fiction/Short Stories/Contemporary/Feminism)

90. My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (YA Historical Fiction/Family/Morality/Complexities of War/Illusion of Glory)

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Some unexpected heroes

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 8

71. Earthsea Cycle quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin (Fantasy/YA/High Fantasy/Identity/Balance/Coming of Age)

72. Why Am I Grown So Cold? Poems of the Unknowable by Myra Cohn Livingston (Poetry/Fantasy/Supernatural/Horror)

73. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey (Poetry/Contemporary/Romance/Non-Fiction/Music)

74. Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear by Erica Berry (Natural History/Cultural Criticism/Memoir/Fear/Instinct/Science)

75. Anchee Min's memoirs, primarily "Red Azelea" (Autobiographical Fiction/The Culturist Revolution/Gender and Sexuality/Political Manipulation/Family Dynamics/Individual Resistance)

76. In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch (Memoir and Business/Importance of Bookstores/Enrichment)

77. Civil Disobediance by Henry David Thoreau (Political Essay/Ethical Obligation/Individualism v State Power/Justice v Law/Nonviolent Resistance/Transcendentalist Beliefs)

78. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Non-Fiction/Science/Indigenous Voice/Memoir/Spirituality/Ecology/Essays)

79. In Dubious Battle by John Steinback (Social Realist Novel/Social Injustice/Worker Rights/Great Depression/Class Struggle/Manipulation/Violence and its Consequences/Morality)

80. Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things by Darius Foroux (Non-Fiction/Personal Time Management/Mindset/Sustainable Lifestyle/Self-Help/Productivity System)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 7

61. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (Greek Tragedy Retelling/Vengeance/Power/Nature of Fate/Powerful Woman Lead/Feminism/Fantasy/History/Historical Fiction/Adult)

62. Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski (Poetry/Dark/Pain and Heartbreak/Author's Attitude Towards Women)

63. Favorite Folktales From Around the World by Jane Yolen (Folklore/Mythology/Enchantment and Mythical Beings/Anthology/Social Science and Fiction)

64. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes (Folklore and Mythology/Feminism/Power and Complexity/History/Greek)

65. Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Contemporary Fiction/Queer/LGBTQ+/Unconventional Family/Multiracial Identity/Romance/Adult/Drama/New Zealand)

66. And the Trees Talked Back by Frederick J. Burns (Children's Novel/Fantasy/Individuality/Respect/Good v Evil/Acceptance)

67. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Novel/Women's Social Expectations/Identity/Mental Health/Purity v Impurity/Body v Mind/Ambition/1950s)

68. The Women by Kristin Hannah (Historical Fiction/War Literature/Vietnam 1960s/Friendship/Division/Coming of Age/Trauma/Patriotism)

69. We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees (Lyrical Dark Fantasy/Mother daughter Bond/Fae/Adult/Romantasy)

70. Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (Fiction/Motherhood/Friendship/Political Unrest/Feminism/Sexuality/Economic Desparity/Disability/Freedom)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 6

51. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterfly (Biographical Drama and Autobiography/Racism/Discrimination/Civil Rights Movement/Relationship Between Scientific Progress and Social Progress/Space Race)

52. The Mires by Tina Makereti (Contemporary Fiction/Nature/Power of Neighborhood/New Zealand Voice)

53. The Spider and Her Demons by Sydney Khoo (YA Urban Fantasy/Self Discovery/Body-Image/Acceptance/LGBTQ+/Intergenerational Trauma)

54. Study for Obediance by Sarah Bernstein (Dark Novel/Identity/Xenophobia/Guilt/Survival/Antisemitism)

55. How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann (Fantasy/Fiction/Adult/Exploration of Trauma and Healing/Classic Fairytale Characters as Modern Women/Dark/Magical Realism/Feminism)

56. The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (Literary Fiction/Short Stories/Relationship Between Cats and Their Owners/Cycle of Life/Family/Love/Grief)

57. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection/Scientific Literature/Controversey and Social Implications/Natural Processes)

58. The Holy Bible by Anonymous (Biblical Literature/Theology/God's Nature/God's Covenant/Works of Creation/Fall/Redemption/Consumation)

59. Maus by Art Speigelman (Mix of Genres/Memoir/Biography/History/Graphic Novel/The Halocaust/Family/Identity)

60. Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox (Scholarly Work/Paganism and Christianity in Roman Empire/Transition and Comparison/Constantine/Late Classical Religion/Religion)

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November Vibrancy

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 5

41. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie (Psychology and memoir/Menopause/Flourishing Women/Feminist)

42. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. Curtice (Politics and Social Sciences/Resistance/Make Self Whole/Indigenous)

43. Grey Dog by Elliot Gish (Historical Fiction/Social and Gendered Contexts/Queer Rage/Feminine Rage/Emotional and Physical Abuse)

44. Icarus by K. Ancrum (Young Adult Fiction/Healing from Trauma/Parental Loss/Abuse/Neglact/Teen Boy and Intersex Teen Leads/LGBTQ+/Suspense/Romance)

45. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed (Non-Fiction/Books About Books/Memoir/Essays/Humor/Exploration of the Joys of Reading/Adult)

46. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Science Fiction/Dystopian/Technology/Human Nature/Religion/Collective Suffering/Companionship)

47. Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Stesichorus (Novel-In-Verse/Formation of Identity/Self Expression/Moody and Artsy)

48. By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (Historical Fiction/Female Autonomy/Feminist Literature/Gender Inequality/Multiple Timelines)

49. You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein (Non-Fiction/Memoir/Humor/Feminism/Adult)

50. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (Young Adult/Romance Novel/ Contemporary Fiction/Coming of Age/Family Dynamics)

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 100 likes!

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~When headlights replace the stars and tail lights leave you in the dust~

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 4

31. Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers by Emma Smith (Literary Non-Fiction/History of Books and Reading Culture/Social and Cultural Impact of Books/History of Print)

32. Invincible comics by Robert Kirkman (Comics/Identity/Morality/Social Issues/Family Issues/Consequences of Violence/Teenage Angst/Heroism/Coming-of-Age)

33. If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of Celtic Women by Sharon Blackie (Non-Fiction/Feminism/Spirituality/Nature/Memoir/Self-Help/Celtic Culture/Self-Empowerment)

34. Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World by Asia Suler (Nature Writing/Personal and Ecological Healing/Connection/Empathny/Personal Transformation)

35. Gay Girl Prayers by Emily R. Austin (Poetry/Catholic Prayer and Biblical Passages/Empowerment of Girls, Women, and LGBTQA+/Religion)

36. God's Dog: Conversations with Coyote by Webster Kitchell (Religion/Poetic/Humor/Spirituality/Life and Death Cycle)

37. Animal Farm by George Orwell (Fiction/Dystopian/Literature/Political/Societal Issues)

38. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (Memoir-Manifesto/Black Voice/LGBTQ+/Embracing Identity/Sexuality/Gender/Themes of Race)

39. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl (Memoir and Nature Documentary/Life and Death Cycle/Effect of Humans on the Enviornment/Importance of Public Green Places)

40. Starfish by Lisa Fipps (Novel-In-Verse/Take on Anti-Fat Bias/Bullying/Self-Acceptance/Middle School Lead)

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