Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
NASA, 1984. Joan Goodwin, one of the first female astronauts to be accepted into the space shuttle program, is acting as CAPCOM: the sole line of communication between Mission Control and the astronauts aboard The Navigator. Deeply brilliant, yet often underestimated and overlooked, Joan’s no stranger to balancing the expectations of the era with her own desires and ambitions. But when unexpected disaster strikes The Navigator, this balancing act becomes impossible… because the person Joan loves most is aboard.
Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her absolute best: completely transportive and wholly compelling, depicting iconic times and places with thrilling intensity. A passionate love story set amongst the stars, this book wrecked me in the best possible way – an epic, unputdownable, heart wrenching read. – Liv
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Listeners is the most atmospheric and genre-bending book of the summer! From beloved YA fantasy author Maggie Stiefvater comes her adult debut that mixes magic, history, romance, and character into one gorgeous book.
June Porter is the manager of The Avallon, a luxurious hotel in the mountains of West Virginia. Everything runs smoothly thanks to her and sweetwater that runs beneath the hotel. As World War II rages around them, June and the staff believe themselves to be immune. Until the government takes control of the hotel to house delegates from Germany, Japan, and Italy, bringing the war into the Avallon.
This book is something altogether new. We still see Stiefvater’s signature complex characters, and poetic writing, but the power of this book is subtlety. You have to pay attention to capture every detail that brings this gorgeous story altogether, and it absolutely blew me away. – Hannah
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The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
G. W. Pabst, survivor of the WW1 POW camps, darling of European cinema, the man who discovered Greta Garbo and made Louise Brooks a star, has been making movies in Hollywood when he’s called back home to Austria on urgent family business.
Alongside his wife Trude and son Jakob he heads to the family castle in the Nazi-occupied Ostmark.Days after their arrival, war is declared and the borders shut. When word spreads that the famous director is stuck in the Reich, he is called to Berlin by the Minister, who would dearly love him to make movies Germany can be proud of…
A chilling exploration of art under fascism, this glorious new novel by the great modern German writer is a mischevous masterpiece of historical fiction and a stunning insight into the movie-making business.– Tom M