A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarer Series #1) by Becky Chambers

Settle into your favorite reading nook, because this one is going to keep you company for a good long while.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the kind of book that feels like joining a crew. Becky Chambers’ acclaimed space opera debut earned a place on Library Journal’s Best SFF of 2016, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Best Books of 2015, and Tor.com’s Best Books of 2015. It was also nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Kitschie, and the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Quite the shelf of honors.

Here’s the heart of it. Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer hoping for little more than a bed, a fresh start, and some distance from her past. What she finds is something far better: a found family of glorious oddballs. There’s Sissix, the warm reptilian pilot. Kizzy and Jenks, the chatty engineers who keep the whole ship humming. And Ashby, the captain with a quiet kind of nobility.

Then comes the job of a lifetime: tunneling a wormhole to a distant, angry planet. Lucrative, yes. Safe? Not even close.

What makes this story special isn’t the danger, though. It’s the way these characters lean on one another. It’s a book about love, trust, and the messy, wonderful business of belonging. Cozy and adventurous all at once.

Perfect for fans of Firefly, character-driven science fiction, and stories that wrap around you like a warm blanket on a foggy coastal afternoon.

Come browse, and let this one find its way home with you.

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