Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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A run through the books I read in May and my reading plans for June. Would love to know your June reading recommendations please!

The literary festival I mention in Cymera, and it’s digital as well as “real life”! You can check out my event (and all the others!) here: cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2022-events/mollart-cruickshanks.

At Cymera, I’ll be discussing dystopian fiction and my new novel, THE LIBERATION’S CHILD: amzn.to/3Igil5X.

Books mentioned:
01:37 Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart
04:21 Hex by Jenni Fagan
06:11 The Island by Adrian McKinty
07:00 Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
08:07 The Book of Night by Holly Black
09:53 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Grams
11:27 The Pharmacist by Rachelle Atalla
13:03 We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins
14:27 The Sea Women by Chloe Timms
15:03 This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (the one I couldn’t remember!)

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