Books for Gemini
Gemini, you’re the curious magpie of the zodiac. What don’t you collect and read? It’s all fair game, but you’re partial to witty and clever stories that offer a new perspective. A little bit of gossip never hurts — you’re here for a tell-all memoir or a wry Dorothy Parker type. Short stories, poetry, novels full of wordplay and cutting dialogue, interesting nonfiction reads about people’s lives, the avant-garde, the newest voices … you’re a lifelong learner and you want to read it all. Astrologer Brittany Goss has some recommendations for books for Gemini that will keep you guessing.
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by Tommy Orange
Gemini, this one won’t bore you. Tommy Orange tells stories of twelve separate characters to hold your attention and keep you entertained with a variety of narratives within one award-winning novel. Everyone is traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, where their stories converge for one important day. Orvil is fourteen and coming to perform a traditional dance for the first time. Jacquie Red Feather has gotten sober and is traveling in the hope of reuniting with her family. And Dene Oxendene, who wants to honor his late uncle’s memory by working at the powwow, is pulling his life together. Together with many others, these characters form a vibrant chorus.
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Liberation Day
by George Saunders
Gemini, words and stories are as vital as air for you, so who better to hear from than the man Time has called “the best short-story writer in English”? Saunders’s latest collection exposes the depth of our national character. From a grandfather writing to his grandson in a too-possible dystopian world, to a poor man brainwashed and deployed for political purposes, to a man questioning reality in an underground Hell-themed amusement park, truth reverberates through all these pages.
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Inheritors of Power
by Juliette Wade
Gemini, you need multiple books, not just one. If you like sci-fi/fantasy, Wade’s series will deliver the reading binge you desire. In the third book, Inheritors of Power, a fragile peace is disrupted as two brothers continue to struggle for power, and unrest spreads through the underground society.
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The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Gemini, yours is the sign of the twins and this interesting read is made for you. The Vignes twins are identical, but their lives couldn’t be more different. One grows up to raise her Black daughter in their southern hometown, while the other marries a white man and secretly passes for white, not even telling her husband about her racial identity. An emotional story that spans generations and an insightful exploration of the American history of passing.
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Either/Or
by Elif Batuman
Gemini, Pulitzer finalist Elif Batuman is back with a witty novel about a first-generation Harvard student navigating her literature syllabus and the importance of college parties. Selin isn’t as worldly as most of her fellow sophomores (yet), and she’s drawing some valuable conclusions about life, sex, and the prevalence of crazy abandoned women in novels. Her questions and observations make this one worth reading.
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The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
Gemini, Steven Rowley’s bestseller is funny and heartwarming. Maisie and Grant’s Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP) was once a famous sitcom star, but he’s been floundering for years after his acting career stalled and he lost the love of his life. When a family tragedy leaves him as the primary guardian of his young niece and nephew, he’s not at all prepared for the responsibility. He’s always loved them and enjoyed spending time with them on visits, but this is going to change everything.
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The Dead Romantics: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Ashley Poston
Gemini, this is an inventive and curious take on the romance genre. Florence Day’s problem is that she’s a ghostwriter for a romance novelist who, after her recent breakup, isn’t feeling too romantic. Add to that a handsome new editor who won’t give her a break to extend her deadline, and her career might be as dead as her love life. But a phone call brings her back to her Southern hometown, where she must bury her father and learn lessons from an unexpected visitor.
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When We Were Sisters
by Fatimah Asghar
Gemini, as the sign of twins and siblings, When We Were Sisters may speak to you. Kausar, Aisha, and Noreen are left to raise themselves after their parents die. The three do their best, with Noreen, the oldest, playing the role of sister-mother, and Kausar, the youngest, navigating gender as she mourns the loss of her parents. The story follows Kausar as she grows up and must chart her own path, individuating from her sister-family in all its complexity.
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The Maid: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Nita Prose
Gemini, this is a heartwarming mystery with a lovable and unusual main character. Neurodivergent maid Molly Gray loves the order and etiquette of her job, meticulously cleaning rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel. She would happily continue each day in the same predictable manner, but, one day, she finds Charles Black dead in his bed when she enters his suite, which bears signs of a struggle. Soon, because of Molly’s odd mannerisms and her proximity to the victim, the police are targeting her as the lead suspect. Luckily, friends she doesn’t even realize she has come together to look for clues and find the real murderer.
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