My German husband didn't know the word when we first met and just told me he liked my 'sprinkles', so now that's what they're called.

Orbital by Samantha Hardy. Won the Booker, is just a wonderful, thoughtful book.
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead. About a family wedding, but just awkward and funny.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, people from the past brought to the future & buddied up to adapt. Funny and moving.

Machine Learning Engineer is now arguing with me because apparently putting niceties into the machine can over time make output less reliable. Going to stop thanking husband and see if output improves.