Books for Aquarius

Aquarius, you love to tackle big ideas, especially the mysteries of science. So, you’ll get a lot out of Sean Carroll’s book, in which he explains some of the biggest ideas of space, time, and motion. In entertaining and understandable prose, Carroll teaches some of the most complex concepts, including the insights of modern physics, the creation of calculus, cutting-edge ideas about black holes, and the equation Einstein used to describe his theory of relativity. You’ll be (even) smarter by the time you get done with this.

Aquarius is the sign of the humanitarian. Who better to address the social issues in the office? Y-Vonne Hutchinson, the CEO of the consulting firm ReadySet, regularly helps Fortune 500 companies confront racism and bias at work. Her accessible guide will help you create the antiracist workplace that you know is possible.

Aquarius, the author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a breathtaking work of speculative fiction that will satisfy your desire for a uniquely compelling read. From the wild Canadian forests of 1912 to the second colony on the moon four hundred years later to a place called Night City, Mandel’s writing travels through time and space.

Aquarius, here’s a debut novel that tells a story of characters living in social tension, and the personal conflicts that arise. When a tenement building is demolished and slated to be replaced by luxury condos in New York City’s Nothar Park, where the Guerreros have lived for twenty years, the community takes the threat of gentrification into their own hands. Community elder Eusebia leads this resistance, but meanwhile, her daughter, Luz, becomes romantically involved with the handsome white developer at the company Eusebia hates so much.

Aquarius, save the fluffy romance novels and funny fiction for everyone else; you have a taste for something different. In this page-turning thriller, Natalie Collins travels to a private island off the coast of Maine, where her sister, Kit, has disappeared into Wisewood. As a guest at Wisewood, Kit committed to a six-month stay with no contact to the outside world, so she can achieve true fearlessness. When Natalie receives an anonymous message threatening to expose her biggest secret, she goes to find Kit and confess, only to find that Wisewood is much more sinister than it appears.

Aquarius, you’ll love the interesting and rebellious arguments in this philosophical volume. Goldenberg believes curiosity has become rare, as we live in a culture that values knowledge over questions and action more than thought. Through seven lenses — Learning, Cohesion, Time, Youth, Aliveness, Nature, and Value — he unpacks current narratives and displays the type of questioning he is asking of his readers. His practice of Radical Curiosity may forever change the way you think and ask questions.

Aquarius, you’ll have fun with this enchanting and imaginative novel. Nora Seed travels to the outer edges of the universe, to the Midnight Library, with its infinite books of alternative realities. These books will tell her the stories of the lives she might have lived, if only she’d made different choices. Nora has some decisions to make. Should she go back to undo old breakups, or follow a different career path — exchanging her old life for an entirely new one? As she explores the infinite number of possible worlds she could choose, she has to reckon with what truly matters in life.

Aquarius, this is a funny and original story of a rebel changemaker. Elizabeth Zott is a chemist who falls in love with a colleague at the Hastings Research Institute in the early 1960s. When, a few years later, she becomes a single parent, she reluctantly takes an opportunity to star on Supper at Six, a beloved cooking show. Her chemist’s approach to cooking proves unorthodox, and her show’s audience grows. But as it becomes apparent that she’s teaching women to challenge the status quo, not only to cook, not everyone is pleased about her success.