It’s time to shake things up and read something different, a little offbeat, a bit more Aquarius. Born between Jan. 20 - Feb. 18, these progressive and eccentric personalities add a unique warmth to the deep winter months. Known for their sharp intellect and visionary mindset, their attention on the “big picture” fuels their passion for humanitarian efforts and the greater good.

Although they are often mistakenly labeled a water sign (after all, isn’t there an “aqua” in Aquarius?), this air sign, like Gemini and Libra, is highly intellectual and creative. To add to any confusion, the symbol for Aquarius is the water bearer, which represents pouring the water of wisdom.

A rebellious reader, these innovators likely won’t go for a buzzworthy bestseller, but instead prefer a book as unconventional as they are. Indie picks, books on social justice, and thought-provoking reads will be a welcome addition to their TBR lists.

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Utopia Drive: A Road Trip Through America's Most Radical Idea by Erik Reece
🎧 Audiobook

The idealistic Aquarius can be haunted by the nagging sense that the world could always be better. Erik Reece felt this way about his country, and chronicles his journey through America’s utopian communities, blending history and hope to uncover a hidden tradition of idealism as a potential guide toward a sustainable future.

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
🎧 Audiobook

This book appeals to Aquarians who are often compelled to seek out the meaning in their lives.

A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum.

Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
🎧 Audiobook

This critical work of surrealist fiction will have the wheels spinning for Aquarians that love to be challenged.

This debut is a darkly humorous exploration of debt, morality, and the crushing realities of late-stage capitalism, where a man’s dream job blurs the boundaries between work, life, and consciousness.

Acorn by Yoko Ono

A famous Aquarian, Yoko Ono’s love for eccentricity and innovation is reflected in her experimental and thought-provoking concepts.

Throughout this beautifully designed book are 100 black-and-white line drawings by Yoko. Like this legendary woman herself, the book is wildly original, stimulating, and hard to label: Call it purposeful play, call it brain poetry, call it guided motivation, call it Zen-like incantations, call it whatever you want. But read it.

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
🎧 Audiobook

The humanitarian spirit of an Aquarius finds a kindred theme in this story of community, resilience, and justice.

This richly woven tale of love, resilience, and community, uncovers the hidden struggles and enduring bonds of immigrant Jews and African Americans in a small-town neighborhood full of secrets.

The End of August by Yu Miri
🎧 Audiobook

Aquarians are daring and imaginative, and the mind-bending story-telling acrobatics in this novel will appeal to their love of the unconventional.

From the National Book Award winning author of Tokyo Ueno Station, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation.

Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain by Margaret Willson
🎧 Audiobook

The independent trailblazers of the zodiac will connect with this true story of defiance and leadership.

A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland’s most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women’s rights and equality— and who also solved one of the country’s most notorious robberies.

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong
🎧 Audiobook

With an admiration for social change, advocacy, and resilience, water bearers will enjoy reading about Alice Wong’s remarkable life.

This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project.

Upgrade by Blake Crouch
🎧 Audiobook

Fascinated by the future, Aquarians will love Upgrade, a high-stakes sci-fi thriller about a man whose genome is hacked, forcing him to grapple with the terrifying implications of engineered evolution while becoming humanity's last hope against a world-altering plan.

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
🎧 Audiobook

Rebellious readers will be drawn to the revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking philosophy.

As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress.

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