Superb book, and the sequels are pretty good too. Something I doubt is said very often but, I think the 4th book in the series was the strongest, at least of the sequels. Some very important themes; he is a great author.

The Southern Reach series by Jeff Vandermeer (Annihilation, etc.):

Terroir: 37 times

Banal: 20 times

Mote (as in dust mote): 11 times

Somewhat rarely used words that I would have overlooked a couple instances of, but just so heavily used in these books that it was laughable.

Even my most disliked books provoked thoughts and feelings when I read them. I still think about them from time to time which means they stirred something even if I didn’t enjoy the read.

Something I tell myself occasionally is that every book I read can’t be 5 stars, and if it were that would be quite boring. Variety is the spice of life. I very rarely DNF, and I never regret having read a book.

This was the one that came to mind for me too. One of the best written books I’ve read in a long time. I randomly think of parts of it frequently. Incredible.

To add to this, thrift books has an eBay store where the shipping is free. I think on their website there is a minimum order to get free shipping. Book price is the same on eBay as the website, but free shipping even on a single book.