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Earth Geography

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Narrower terms: Arctic, Antarctic, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, North Africa, Southern Africa, Northern Africa, West Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa, Middle Africa, Equatorial Africa, East Africa, Eastern Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh, Marrakech, Fes, Casablanca, Rabat, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Windhoek, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Accra, Bamako, Lagos, Dakar, Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Congo (Democratic), Republic of the Congo, The Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, 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Beartown

by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction

Tropes:

Athletes are untouchable, Close-knit community protects their own, Ensemble cast, Slice of life

Characters:

Adult characters, High school student, Student athlete, Teen main character(s)

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

Residential, Small town, Sweden

Final Girls

by Riley Sager

Series:

Genres:

Serial killer mystery, Thriller

Tropes:

Betrayal, Camping murder spree, Final girl, Killer in plain sight, Killing the Survivors, Manipulative bastard, Murdered in the forest, Spree Killer, Tragic backstory

Characters:

Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their 20s, Cisgender woman main character(s), Detective, Final girl

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

City, Forest, Northeastern United States

A Little Life

Cover art for A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction

Tropes:

Bury your gays, Everyone is gay, Found family, Friends to lovers, Priests are pedophiles, Straight with an exception, Tragic backstory

Characters:

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

New York City

Red, White & Royal Blue

Cover art for Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary romance, New adult fiction

Tropes:

Celebrity relationships, Coming out, Enemies to lovers, Epistolary, Fake relationship, Long distance relationship, Men loving men, Politics, Secret relationship

Characters:

Bisexual main character(s), Characters in their 20s, Gay main character(s), Gay side character(s), Latine/Latin American main character(s), Royalty

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

Austin, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Washington, D.C.

Darling Rose Gold

Cover art for Darling Rose Gold
by Stephanie Wrobel

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Psychological thriller

Tropes:

A taste of their own medicine, Betrayal, Evil matriarch, I'm the real victim here, Loosely based on a true story, Manipulative bastard, Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their 20s

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

United States

Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps

by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

Series:

Genres:

Cosmic horror, Creature horror, Horror Graphic Novel, Science fiction horror

Tropes:

Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidence

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main character

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

Beach, City, Japan

Any Way the Wind Blows

Cover art for Any Way the Wind Blows
by Rainbow Rowell

Series:

Genres:

Coming-of-age fiction, New adult fiction, Relationship/marriage fiction, Urban fantasy, Vampire fiction

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers, Found family, Gay for you, I'm not into labels, Men loving men, Miscommunication, Prince(ss) and pauper, Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Biracial main character, Black/African diasporic main character(s), Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their late teens, English main character, Gay main character(s), Morally grey main character, New adult main characters, Orphan, White/European diasporic main character

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

London

Alice Isn’t Dead

Cover art for Alice Isn't Dead
by Joseph Fink

Series:

Genres:

Creature horror, Paranormal mystery, Science fiction

Tropes:

Conspiracy, Depressing road trip, Inhuman killer, Missing spouse, Second chance romance, Stranger than fiction, The bad guys aren't human, Woman in a man's world, Women loving women

Characters:

African American main character(s), American main character, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with depression, Characters in their 30s, Lesbian main character(s), Truck driver

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

United States

Cackle

Cover art for Cackle
by Rachel Harrison

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Urban fantasy, Witchcraft fiction

Tropes:

Fish out of water, Found family, Frumpy to fabulous, Hot witch, I don't need no man, The power was inside you all along, The real monsters are the humans, Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Ageless or immortal characters, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with depression, Characters in their 30s, High school teacher, Morally grey main character, Teacher, White/European diasporic main character

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

Upstate New York

Bath Tangle

Cover art for Bath Tangle
by Georgette Heyer

Series:

Genres:

Regency romance

Tropes:

Characters:

Time Periods:

Regency Era

Places:

Bath
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