This looks great!

I've posted this question across a few platforms and both of these have consistently been rec'd. I liked but didn't love the first season of Silo, but maybe I should give it another chance. And the only reason I haven't see The Expanse is because I read the books, but maybe I should watch it.

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Thanks in advance to anyone who takes a moment to offer up a title.

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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

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Heavy

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Crying in H Mart

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Between the World and Me

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Some of the books I am to visit or revisit include:

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Regarding different, POVS, I'd be interested in books like one that explores the importance of gun owners' rights from a balanced, honest perspective, rather than one that's a commercial for extreme beliefs about the Second Amendment.

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To build up my empathy muscle -- that ability to see and understand things from other people perspectives -- I'm planning to read more memoirs from voices and life experiences different from mine and POVs that challenge my beliefs.

So, I am looking for book recs that meet these criteria.

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They started longing for a simpler, more stable Spider-Man — the way people in the '70s longed for a calmer America after the chaos of the '60s.

Anyway, that’s my working theory. On to the final omnibus.

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I think something similar happened with the Clone Saga. The pace of change was just too much.

Even though the stories themselves were thoughtful, emotional, and (mostly) well-crafted, readers got exhausted.

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The pace was so fast and disorienting that people started longing for stability — helping fuel a conservative pendulum swing that shaped American politics for decades afterward.

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Then the 1960s hit — and change became relentless.

- Civil rights
- Vietnam
- Counterculture
- Assassinations

Every year felt like its own decade.

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For most of the 20th century, each decade had a clear identity:

- 1910s: War years
- 1920s: Roaring Twenties
- 1930s: Great Depression
- 1940s: WWII
- 1950s: Post-war prosperity

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The ground never stopped moving under readers' feet. It reminds me of a political/social theory about the 1960s.

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The Clone Saga shattered that rhythm.

Every few issues brought a new mini status quo shift:

Peter’s the clone. No, the Jackal tricked everyone! Wait — Peter is the clone. Or… maybe he isn’t?

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And the vast majority of stories in between did little, if anything, to truly alter the status quo. Spider-Man’s world was familiar and steady.

Readers could count on that stability.

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Before the Clone Saga, big changes in Spider-Man’s world were rare and spaced out. The Death of Gwen Stacy. Peter and MJ’s wedding.

Huge, status quo-changing moments — but years apart.