I recently started my PhD in neuroscience unofficially, so I've found myself gravitating to books featuring grad students or other scientists-in-training, especially women. Books that are part wry humor and observation, part memoir, part novel, and part academia.
I love following publishers who give voice to those who usually aren't by mainstream Western publishers. One is Hoopoe.
Baba Yaga had that distinct, gritty feel to her words, as you would expect, but with that wise grandmother feel I'd want her to embody. It was a perfect read, and a timely one, on being your own woman, Baba Yaga style.
Gothic books to read
Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn… Hannah’s got a bad feeling about this. Not only has … Continue reading Books in Number: books with #s in the title
For fans of Outlander - you'll love the time travel perspectives, the mystery, and the Scottish headlands.
All in all, a decent contemporary YA book, with heavy topics that are easily digestible by YA readers.
A different kind of beach reads.
Here are more lush, moody, gothic, and atmospheric books for your TBR pile.
My favorite fantasy books of all time
Reading Between the Dunes 